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Caltex E70 And No Intercooler?

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AngryRB Grand Master

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i would be suprised if it didnt cope, me and my tuner are amazed how good this stuff is, im running no more than 20knock on the power fc... its sweet as

but you'd be silly not to do a GTR intercooler atleast... my intercooler was only $400 and $300 to fit up so dont try and be cheap with it or you'll end up getting a crap result..

wow.. just saw you got 3L twin... man that has massive potential with some decent turbo's and E85... happy times ahead if that is done right.. :thumbsup: a 300zx was my second choice of car if i didnt get the r33...

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AngryRB Grand Master

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well, judge me all you like, im just saying 20psi 320kw and very very little knock with 6degrees of extra timing ...

im confident that this fuel would do ok with only 14psi and conservative timing and still make some decent numbers, but i did say put an intercooler on it didnt i??

ill say again.. its very good fuel and you can achieve above and beyond 98 ,, my tuner will vouch for that too

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well, judge me all you like, im just saying 20psi 320kw and very very little knock with 6degrees of extra timing ...

im confident that this fuel would do ok with only 14psi and conservative timing and still make some decent numbers, but i did say put an intercooler on it didnt i??

ill say again.. its very good fuel and you can achieve above and beyond 98 ,, my tuner will vouch for that too

less than 5knock just means your soft cock lol :P

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I'm still pondering whether i should go the WMI route or the E70 route. A water/meth kit is cheaper than new injectors and a pump. Not 100% sold either way due to my setup not being that "hard core" but needing one or the other to put any useable boost in. The Base Map i'm using for it has 15 degree's removed from peak torque and 5 degrees removed up top and was used in a similar setup on only 7psi.

AngryRB Grand Master

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dunno what you guys are on about really.. do you actually run flex fuel or are you guessing about it, cause i watched my car on the dyno and being tuned by Gavin Woods whom i fully have confidence and respect for... does an awesome job and absolutely safe tunes... when you go get a job as a tuner and succeed like he has then come back and preach your knowledge with results like he has and then ill agree with you..MAYBE

just trying to help with some constructive comments.. GL with it the 300ZX should love it.. ive drove a 300ZX non turbo and turbo and even the non turbo had balls so will be interesting whatever you do

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lol... interesting way to gauge the effectiveness of a fuel???

Well considering the RON (research octane number) value is measured via knock feedback on a variable compression engine I would suggest that you would be able to make some fairly valuable results from monitoring knock levels with 98 vs e85.

To the original poster if you are knock limited than you obviously need higher octane fuel to achieve a better result/higher knock resistance. An intercooled will help cool the charge making it less prone to det but will not aid in octane. Wmi will do both these things. If it were my car I would make the intercooled fit and run e70 - this is obviously the best solution..

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Ethanol is just like methanol. It would work well without an intercooler. Obviously E70 isn't as good as methanol so the cooling effect isn't going to be as good.

I'd still run one, not worth the disadvantage

From what I've seen e85 vs methanol - it is nowhere as good at keeping temps down. We had no cooling issues with a methanol injected 350chev - swap to e85 bam, not enough coolant capacity/radiator and we had heating issues. This was a drag car with small radiator.

You only need to look at the extra volume of fuel required compared to e85 to see where the cooling comes from.

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dunno what you guys are on about really.. do you actually run flex fuel or are you guessing about it, cause i watched my car on the dyno and being tuned by Gavin Woods whom i fully have confidence and respect for... does an awesome job and absolutely safe tunes... when you go get a job as a tuner and succeed like he has then come back and preach your knowledge with results like he has and then ill agree with you..MAYBE

just trying to help with some constructive comments.. GL with it the 300ZX should love it.. ive drove a 300ZX non turbo and turbo and even the non turbo had balls so will be interesting whatever you do

Thier point was the fact your tune does not knock has little to do with the fuel and more about the state of the tune. And basically overall your intercooled results are irrelevant for this thread. So more-to the point, no-one is sure what you are on about!

To the OP - VL's were running what, 5psi through a small T3 and were ok and you could get upto around 8-10psi IIRC. This is back in the 80s :)

That said - it's not just about the amount of boost.

14psi through a t04Z or 14psi through a stock GTS-t turbo? Two very different ends of the field and resulting heat. saying "14psi" isn't relevant in it's current context really without knowing the entire setup. Your setup will also be quite sensitive for sustained use as well as heat increases.

You'd need to get a few sensors going IMO and monitor it carefully and work your way up. It might be fine now in cooler months, and all of a sudden one warm day, 1hr drive and all of a sudden you've got stones under the bonnet :thumbsup:

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