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Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:11 pm
by Holden202T
yeah I've heard united often runs up around the 90% too

race car smell is always good especially when mixed with bridgestone's finest :)

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:13 pm
by vlad01
yep, it certainly does!

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:45 pm
by Jervies
Corn is amazing fuel, youll be suprised how much you can lean on it. Im making well over 400rwkw with corn and a gt35/40 on a v6 ecotech

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:43 pm
by VL400
Wow thats awesome power! One thing that is good in a way is not being as fuel limited for advance, but also means the knock sensor is next to useless now. No pinging just hammering bearings instead! Need to figure out a cheap in cyl pressure measuring system ... mmm more sensors :thumbup:

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:45 pm
by Holden202T
the solution to your advance issue is increase the boost, that will limit your advance a bit :P if it doesn't then the boost isn't high enough hehe

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:57 pm
by vlad01
VL400 wrote:Wow thats awesome power! One thing that is good in a way is not being as fuel limited for advance, but also means the knock sensor is next to useless now. No pinging just hammering bearings instead! Need to figure out a cheap in cyl pressure measuring system ... mmm more sensors :thumbup:
Thats why you tune to the minimum advance value to produce max torque. The torque plateau and then drops once you go too far. You want timing to be the smallest when that plateau starts.

you'll never had excessive pressures then.

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:08 pm
by VL400
Yeah I know, tune the same way as on petrol. I wasnt saying tune via the knock sensor! Just that you cannot rely on the knock sensor for feedback anymore to retard advance like you do on petrol.

Its a very different fuel, burns faster so less advance is needed where on petrol it was not fuel knock limited, but where it was fuel limited can get more advance in.

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:09 pm
by VL400
Holden202T wrote:the solution to your advance issue is increase the boost, that will limit your advance a bit :P if it doesn't then the boost isn't high enough hehe
haha yeah thats the way!!

Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:45 pm
by VL400
Took a reading of some United E85 straight from the jerry. Not sure if it will be 100% accurate as there is no flow, just fuel sitting in the sensor ...
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Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:06 pm
by vlad01
Maybe you can calibrate it with lab grade anhydrous in 100%?