Re: E85 people ENTER
Nolan blended it at true 85% ethanol. A co-worker had an evo running E85 and the pump numbers were very close to the right ethanol content. He had a GM flex fuel sensor setup right in his car. Im only going to be driving in the spring summer and fall. The blend should be fairly good then.
http://www.zeitronix.com/Products/ECA/ECA.shtml
I didn't like alky. I had a pump pressure valve go bad and pressure would not hold to the alky injector. The delivery would end up being late and the pump would play catch up. Alkycontrol did back their product and fixed it. I was always struggling to tune two different systems. I could not run a lot of timing before the alky kicked in. It really opened my eyes that this system was the life blood of my engine under high boost. If it failed then BOOM. I was not okay with that.
I also don't like the chance that I could have an invisible fire under my hood. Last thing is I noticed on hot days the alky reservoir would boil. I thought "you gotta be kidding me." Turns out isopropyl has a low boiling temperature. This thing is gone. Alky injection is also not legal in most states and is also frowned at buy autocross clubs.
I don't see any problems like that with E85. In MN everyone is tuning with that stuff. As soon as someone tells me they are running E85 with a professional tune you automatically know they are putting down way above average numbers. Stock Evo 9s with nothing but injectors and exhaust running low 11's high 10's. It didn't take me long to see what made power and what didn't. E85 is the real deal. Its affordable race gas at the pump (105 octane rating). How the heck do stock heads, with cam, roller rocker arms, and a good turbo make 600hp? Those are really the only power adders. Good fuel and a good tune is how.
I talked about an engine dyno and how good of a tool it is. How are you going to hold the truck at a certain RPM and boost on the road while driving to get the fuel just right. I understand there is logging but that is a lot of trial and error. Again its not hard to see what makes power (Nolan). How many times have we seen a video of a syty engine making 800 or 1000hp that Nolan tuned on this engine dyno. Hes also known for his E85 tunes.
Nolan also told me the tune was turn key. He said it only needs adjustments to idle possibly. That's is always based on the converter. I can tune the idle myself no problem. Im going to back off the boost for safety. You just never know if you could get a bad batch of gas. What the heck am I going to do with 870lbs of torque on the street anyways
