If ever yku do start a thread up on it. Be a good one to watchHQ355 wrote:I hear ya it's just my spare time that isn't compatible lol, when I get the time I'd rather just drive it, I would've love to drive it to watch bigg G at the speedway yesterday, there's some nice Tarmac on the way to Alexandra
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Totally agree with this. E85 on a mild NA motor is going to net only a small % increase in overall power.Holden202T wrote:spend the money on a manifold instead of E85 conversion, thats your best bang for buck move for it i reckon!
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Thanks guys, I was just thinking out loud, hope it helps others aswell, it just dosnt seem practical for me as I don't use the car enough
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lol i use my race car every 3-6 months, practical never came into my mind hahahahHQ355 wrote:Thanks guys, I was just thinking out loud, hope it helps others aswell, it just dosnt seem practical for me as I don't use the car enough
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E85 is also very hygroscopic, needs to be kept full in the tank to prevent watering down, more work required for little gain. In a race car though its
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I don't know how true this is but aperently in winter (in Victoria) anyway they drop the ethonal down to 70% so cars start easier ?
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yeah that's right, and that's why people say to go with united as they don't change the ratio at all ....
honestly how well I can get straight methanol to start with efi I don't see why you'd need to dilute E85 in winter?
honestly how well I can get straight methanol to start with efi I don't see why you'd need to dilute E85 in winter?
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Where do you buy methonal ? And by winter what temps ?
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Newcastle is normally low-mid teens in winter to single digits at night.
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yeah about 2-3 DegC is the lowest I've seen in tenambit, a bit more inland than Newcastle....
we used to get methanol from a truck company that ships it in on return empty loads (ELF brand), but we are getting it from power plus fuels now, they deliver to us and hes a racer at Gunnedah so happy to support a fellow racer!
don't get me wrong, methanol will crank for 5 seconds before firing, but its WAAAAY worse than E85 when cold, every time I've used E85 (usually just when not racing for a while as I can get it from the bowser) it honestly starts like petrol in winter!
mostly its about getting the cranking fuel numbers right, and probably helps having a good atomizing injector .... but spend the time on the crank tables and you can work wonders on alchi!
we used to get methanol from a truck company that ships it in on return empty loads (ELF brand), but we are getting it from power plus fuels now, they deliver to us and hes a racer at Gunnedah so happy to support a fellow racer!
don't get me wrong, methanol will crank for 5 seconds before firing, but its WAAAAY worse than E85 when cold, every time I've used E85 (usually just when not racing for a while as I can get it from the bowser) it honestly starts like petrol in winter!
mostly its about getting the cranking fuel numbers right, and probably helps having a good atomizing injector .... but spend the time on the crank tables and you can work wonders on alchi!
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