Subject	Cold starts on E85 are horrendous.
Posted by	dogpile on April 03, 2013 at 9:03 AM
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In Reply To	What fuel system accommodations did e85 force you to make? posted by bartz32tt on April 02, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Message	If you switch to it and have no experience with it, a few trivial notes: 1. It smells. You will think you have a massive fuel leak at all times. You get used to it eventually, but it's an odd sensation the first week or so. 2. Cold idle, especially with big injectors, sucks. Like may or may not stall sucks. Twin disc clutches, cams, and other things will make it even worse. 3. Keep an eye on your boost gauge/controller for the first week or so. The amount of exhaust energy on that fuel is insane. We will have a car tuned at a solid 15psi on pump, and with no changes at all, it will jump to 18psi on E85. If you're tuned fairly aggressive, keep that in mind. 4. Be mindful of your fuel level. It for quick. Between the need for 20-30% more to be used, it's so fun you'll drive with boost more. 5. It condensates like a bastard. You'll have a puddle in no time. Combine that with the raw fuel smell, and you get all kinds of paranoid the first week. 6. Enjoy it, then kick yourself for not switching sooner.
Follow Ups	wait a second... - fuzzymonkey 20:46:07 04/01/13 AEM, not ARM - fuzzymonkey 20:47:18 04/01/13 I disagree with the prices. - michaell32 (FL) 21:19:46 04/01/13 You can program fuel cut into nistune incase you - nemo1080 (Iowa) 21:26:23 04/01/13 I think the point is that all of the pieced together goodies - black300zx 21:29:21 04/01/13 ^ this - fuzzymonkey 21:43:19 04/01/13 tune, not dunk - fuzzymonkey 21:44:50 04/01/13 Now that's a hell of an autocorrect - black300zx 21:50:21 04/01/13 Heres how I look at it. - michaell32 (FL) 21:57:54 04/01/13 there is no doubt that you aren't wrong, but I think I was - fuzzymonkey 22:23:35 04/01/13 This^^^^^ - TTZEDHEAD 06:52:15 04/02/13 Or you could get the WinFactory Topfeed - Red Hawk (CO) 13:48:59 04/02/13 The flex-fuel capability is what interests me the most (n/m) - TTZEDHEAD 21:33:08 04/01/13 Can't you use any setup to tune for E85? (n/m) - nemo1080 (Iowa) 21:34:17 04/01/13 I believe some (most?) standalones support the integration - black300zx 21:47:12 04/01/13 Flex fuel allows you to use E85 and pump without using a - JonnyZ(SoCal) 21:47:59 04/01/13 ok I get what you're saying.... - nemo1080 (Iowa) 22:20:18 04/01/13 yep! that's what sold me. im having my Haltech PP installed - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 00:01:54 04/02/13 With my build - Zsgetyoulaid 17:33:51 04/02/13 I just picked up the J&S safegaurd.. - KongZTT GT28RS MD 22:18:09 04/01/13 Option 1 can be made in 6 easy payments.... - Hipendicular 22:48:40 04/01/13 I went with haltech this round - JDAVE 00:09:18 04/02/13 The same math I've been doing. - BlackholeZ 01:56:30 04/02/13 how much power can you make on E85 with 740cc injectors? (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 09:38:41 04/02/13 Re: how much power can you make on E85 with 740cc injectors? - scottmt21 10:20:36 04/02/13 What fuel system accommodations did e85 force you to make? - bartz32tt 10:51:32 04/02/13 Cold starts on E85 are horrendous. - dogpile 09:03:47 04/03/13 is that with the ID2000's? (n/m) - aliaZ 06:46:22 04/04/13 2200s. But lessor scale with smaller ones too. We just a car - dogpile 08:20:27 04/04/13 Probably a lot for a few months.. Until the SF injectors die (n/m) - ZinnZ32 11:27:12 04/02/13 Please explain - WhiTTe Z 11:40:44 04/03/13 the later style injectors are not designed for E85 - aliaZ 06:48:30 04/04/13 Re: wait a second... - ouikikazz 12:47:04 04/03/13
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