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Emptied my catch can today. What came out i can only describe as a thick caramel milkshake!

400mls since the engine was built. Not too bad i think, considering the hard time it gets. The real test will be at Oran Park this weekend, if it doesnt bloody rain!

I don't think I will be able to make it this year. Maybe next year.....

mmmm steak.. I would kill for a decent Aussie BBQ'd 900grm T-bone right now. ohhhhh man.. :dry:

And they work real well with E85 in the US so I imagine here as well .

Now Did I mention the steak knives and to ask for chips with them .

Guilt we need you here for part of the year if possible , cheers A .

Just thought i would mention, a silvia that was tuned at JEM a few day ago cranked out a very impressive 407rwkw on E85 (out of the bowser)

This SR has had alot of engine work and produced the numbers with a hybrid T04Z at 30psi.

In 3 weeks JEM will get their hands on my mates RB25/30 that has been solely built to run on E85.

Hoping to crack the 500rwkw mark :D

Fingers crossed!

Yes Mick's S15 is a power house and we'll be taking it out for a drive on Friday. Did you get that box in Dave?

It's going to be an E85 fest!

Maybe someone should have a chat to old mate at Rozelle next time they go and ask.

It's just so convenient at the pump, having to fill it up everytime with a jiggler would piss me off. I know I sound spoilt to all those interstaters :)

Doesn't stop your car sounding like an F1 car at 8 grand Dave, that's for sure!

mate of mine races a saloon car, the ford v holden sixes etc, they run e85, anyway some of the gun engine guru's have noticed the internals looking a little on the dry side, so they have started putting castor in the fuel, gives it a wild smell that burns your eyes!! was wondering if this would help the fuel pumps last a little longer too.

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For the SA boys, the Liberty on tapleys hill rd seaton has E85 at the pump, 99.9c :(

Thats excellent thanks for the heads up :) Could almost use the skyline as a dailly at $1 per litre :thumbsup:

hoppers fuel still smelled normal?

yeah, i noticed on the United website, they have a SA outlet officially listed.

Also heard EVERY Holden model will have a flex-fuel option available by February. Sounds plausible as when i was in the states last month, there were lots of 'flex fuel' and 'E85' badges getting around on a many different models, mainly the chevy's.

Hope it's true as there will HAVE to be more outlets then.

My friends VL was on the dyno today for a tune. Unfortunately the alternator shat itself before the boost could be turned up :P

But on only 12psi made 440rwhp :P

Its going to be an animal!!!!

what heat range spark plugs are you guys running with your ethenol verse pump gas?

over here we run

ngk 7s in 90% of the turbod nissans we tune on 98 pump gas. as it helps aviod detonation

i think from memory we ran ngk 7s in the ethenol mixed cars we tuned also.

although a slightly warmer plug may benifit cold starting with the cooler burning ethenol

although we havn't really don't a lot of playing around with ethenol fuel apart from a couple cars to see what kind of gains you could get out of them

I had 7's and changed to 50% E85 and it was a bitch to start cold, missfired a shitload until fully warmed up and also misfired when first putting foot down after cruising for ages. Tried all sorts of fuel mixtures when cold. Changed to a 6 and all those probs went away.

ok, so i was looking all the way up the inside of my exhaust yesterday ;) (the sun was low enough in they sky that something caught my eye as the inside of the exhaust was not in shadow) and i see a fine layer of red "dust" all along the inside, and quite a ways in. I take it this would be rust? just wondering if i should be concerned at all about this?

car hasn't been driven in a few days and last time i drove it was raining very hard.

cheers for your replys guys

we have just done some more testing e85 on a sr20de+t

specs of it

stock standard S14 sr20de+t(stock cams, head gasket etc)

link g4 ecu and boost control

GTRS turbo

steam pipe manifold

greddy intake manifold,

small 200x300 intercooler.

273kw on 14psi. on a dynapack hub dyno

anybody aware of any Stock long block SR20DE+Ts with more power then that?

making more power and the same torque as his old s13 sr20det on 21psi did on E30

although unfortunatly the small pin hole in the banjo bolt in the turbo got blocked during road testing so its fried the turbo.

so external wastegate to help control boost, and a slightly larger garrett turbo to come soon.

although now were having the issue of lack of water tempature, about 60-70deg. has an 87deg thermostat

what oil grade do you guys use? we currently are using elf 10w40 competion semi sinthetic in it.

although i think we will have to go to a lighter weight oil.

were only just starting to do some of the development for motorsport nz.

im going to be looking at running some e85 in my rb25det, will be interesting to see what kind of gains i can get over my 325kw on 19psi

i just have to sort out my fuel pump and then modify my 440cc subaru injectors to flow double that.

do you guys find that you get ethanol collecting in your catchcan? and your sump level rising and the dipstick being flamable?

i know the ethanol when its with oil thats compatiable with the fuel sits on top of the oil, from what my race fuel supplier has told me.

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