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    Default Tuning with E85

    This site sucks
    Last edited by earlyapex aka jack ass; 12-09-2009 at 02:24 PM.

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    where you pumping from? is concord one open?

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    where was this Gas Station @?
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    awesome bryan. this has been a huge qestion in my mind. curious to see what your findings are. thanks for letting us in on your research.

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    *sigh* big injectors are so bank =[

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    Nice and thanks for keeping us posted!

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    There may be a few questions about ethanol use in non flex fuel set up cars, there design differences in the two fuel systems, one is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system. Another is that fuel pumps must be capable of operating with electrically conductive ethanol instead of non-conducting dielectric gasoline fuel. There are a few more issues but the concern more to the older vehicles. The other issue is that with more than 1% of water, ethanol and water seperate from gasoline, this accelerates chances of engine wear during warm up or while reaching the operating temp. Few of the reasons why stainless steel tanks are used and intank fuel pump assemblies are modified to avoid arcing as well. Now I am sure that our cars while new will be fine for a while since new materials are usually strong and long lasting, but there is no harm in doing some research on the construction of our fuel systems and storage before hand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fiaevo.com
    There may be a few questions about ethanol use in non flex fuel set up cars, there design differences in the two fuel systems, one is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system. Another is that fuel pumps must be capable of operating with electrically conductive ethanol instead of non-conducting dielectric gasoline fuel. There are a few more issues but the concern more to the older vehicles. The other issue is that with more than 1% of water, ethanol and water seperate from gasoline, this accelerates chances of engine wear during warm up or while reaching the operating temp. Few of the reasons why stainless steel tanks are used and intank fuel pump assemblies are modified to avoid arcing as well. Now I am sure that our cars while new will be fine for a while since new materials are usually strong and long lasting, but there is no harm in doing some research on the construction of our fuel systems and storage before hand.
    The effort to copy-paste that could have been better spent searching to see if somebody had done this type of testing beforehand:

    http://www.fuelsrc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17

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    the effects are over the years, and i am sure bryan is not the first. Relax.

    PS: It was not copy and paste it was some thing that was brought up by a customer some weeks ago.

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    Can't wait to see how it turns out! Do you think 1000cc injectors will be good for the boost levels you run with the Green, or are you going to have to go up to 1200cc injectors?

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