tuning on e85

I'm about to have my car tune next saturday and I'm thinking about having it tuned on e85 but first I wanted to get some opinions on it.

 

[tsiboy]

do you plan to run e85 permenantly?

 

I was told if I run e85 that I have to it all the time. Its not my daily driver so it wouldn't bother me if I had to.

 

[turbowop]

Dude, srsly, search the forums for this. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/uhh.gif

 

E85 is the best stuff in the world as far as I'm concerned. I had no complaints when I was running it. I lost 2-3 mpg, but that's the only bad thing that came from it. If you want a higher level of performance without the cost of race fuel then it's the best stuff around.

 

dont think theres a need for another debate or thread on this. Either throw some race gas or E85 in your tank and get it tuned on that and keep it on that. Sense its not your daily you shouldnt have a problem. What are you going to be using to tune it? Also does the place your going have experiance with E85?

 

[ctm]

DSMLink v3 with it's ability to save 2 maps allows him to go "bi" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Brianawd]

What the hell is E85? If its so good where can I get some for my car.

 

[thecman02]

hahah Brian. There's numerous posts about being able to run 22+ timing and running 12.5 afr's or leaner with good results. As long as you have big injectors and a big fuel pump and a good way to tune. You can switch back to gas whenever your tank is low. If its your first time running e85 I'd recommend having fuel filter replaced after a tank. Depending on miles and state of your fuel system you might have to do that again, but I haven't had any problems on stock lines for 2-3 years now.

 

[mooserage]

E85=Good

 

[Nartanian]

The blends are not always consistent though. Towards winter time here in MN it drops down to E70 which is still leaps and bounds better than pump gas.

 

[prove_it]

Yea the blends are not always the same. It's best to find one good station and stick to it. As for the winter and summer blends, you just got to be cautious when first filling up or driving for the year.