Ethanol blends
#27
SARX Legend
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I'm just saying...the American Motorcycle Association is working hard to prevent E15 fuels from becoming available due to the many corrosion and seal/gasket failures that pre-200x bikes would have issues if the EPA moved to E15 fuels. I'm not sure of the LT stability of the seals and the metallurgy in mixed metal fuel and engine systems with so much ethanol (and water vapor / kg mass of fuel) generates.
#28
Hybrid Greddy Boosted
When I had issues with leaking injectors it was always from the smaller seal at the top end where it seats on the rail, not the larger one close to the nozzle. Not to say you wont have issues, just some feedback. Brettus, perhaps you could do a test by leaving a spare seal soaking in some E85 for a few weeks and see if it comes out weaker.
#32
Just retuned on E50 after fitting larger injectors and everything seems ok on the stock system (with uprated pump and injectors) to 16psi/400+whp ...................... so far.
Last edited by Brettus; 07-21-2016 at 01:05 AM.
#35
This may be a dumb question but I have plenty of them.... Since carbon is a common problem with the 8 and ethanol runs cooler than 93 octane, do you guys run into any carbon build up issues going with the e25/e50? I'm assuming the frequent redline helps prevent carbon build up like usual.
#36
This may be a dumb question but I have plenty of them.... Since carbon is a common problem with the 8 and ethanol runs cooler than 93 octane, do you guys run into any carbon build up issues going with the e25/e50? I'm assuming the frequent redline helps prevent carbon build up like usual.
#37
Makes sense. I've been doing a ton of forum reading the past few weeks. I'm getting ready for a turbo swap in my newly acquired shinka. It's been molested by the previous owner (87 octane pure gas, dumb old lady). The thought of e85 turbo pleased me but it seems the fuel delivery isn't enough really worth the effort. The e50 has my interest though.
#38
Makes sense. I've been doing a ton of forum reading the past few weeks. I'm getting ready for a turbo swap in my newly acquired shinka. It's been molested by the previous owner (87 octane pure gas, dumb old lady). The thought of e85 turbo pleased me but it seems the fuel delivery isn't enough really worth the effort. The e50 has my interest though.
#40
I'm with brett and Slash on e50. you get the important benefits of e85 for a street car. I think going full e85 would be more beneficial on a track car as going full e85 adds more combustion cooling benefits
#41
For me it's more about the size of the tank and how far I can get on it . E50 seems to be a good compromise between ultimate knock resistance/power and range .I feel that I would have to go to another round of mods to run E85 at my power level as well .
Just retuned on E50 after fitting larger injectors and everything seems ok on the stock system (with uprated pump and injectors) to 16psi/400+whp ...................... so far.
Just retuned on E50 after fitting larger injectors and everything seems ok on the stock system (with uprated pump and injectors) to 16psi/400+whp ...................... so far.
Do you think the seals will hold the high amounts of boost that ethanol can provide, like 18+, or will detonation occur before we reach these levels?
@9k How much boost are you running if you don't mind me asking?
I know 9k isn't much of an Atkins fan but with the E50 is there any need for cryo treated parts?
#45
#46
BECAUSE RACECAR
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It's not really fair the put E85 on the traditional "anti knock index" that gasoline is graded on here in the US.
The evaporative cooling properties and cooler combustion temperatures of "alcohol" fuels is a big part of its knock resistance. Good E85 can hold its own even against 105+ octane race gas.
The evaporative cooling properties and cooler combustion temperatures of "alcohol" fuels is a big part of its knock resistance. Good E85 can hold its own even against 105+ octane race gas.
#47
I'm no expert, just sharing what I found. They do discuss cooling effect in the paper, IIRC. What I can tell you from my own personal experience is that I ran E50 up to 12.5 AFR at 15psi or so with no perceptible knock. So for a street car I was happy with the benefits of E50 without taking quite the MPG hit of E85
#48
So I've agonised over this a lot and finally came to the conclusion that E30 with oem seals is the way to go for a high power Renesis for these reasons:
*good octane boost taking 93 octane E10 to 96 octane (101 octane for us in NZ)
*good charge cooling eliminating the need for W/M.
*Engine and intake should stay clean and carbon free.
*reasonable mpg .My research suggests 20-30% is the best ethanol level for mpg. Some piston engines are getting same mpg as straight petrol.
*Easy to work out at the pump , 1 part E85 to 3 parts E10 gives E29. Should also mean I can easily carry extra E85 should I want to travel far from a pump.
*Good wear characteristics for a long engine life with the oem seals . Octane and charge cooling effects should minimise the possibility of apex breaking detonation events . (I had excessive wear with E50 and an aftermarket seal combo.)
I'll also be running an AEM failsafe guage to minimise the possibility of a leanout event killing the engine.
*good octane boost taking 93 octane E10 to 96 octane (101 octane for us in NZ)
*good charge cooling eliminating the need for W/M.
*Engine and intake should stay clean and carbon free.
*reasonable mpg .My research suggests 20-30% is the best ethanol level for mpg. Some piston engines are getting same mpg as straight petrol.
*Easy to work out at the pump , 1 part E85 to 3 parts E10 gives E29. Should also mean I can easily carry extra E85 should I want to travel far from a pump.
*Good wear characteristics for a long engine life with the oem seals . Octane and charge cooling effects should minimise the possibility of apex breaking detonation events . (I had excessive wear with E50 and an aftermarket seal combo.)
I'll also be running an AEM failsafe guage to minimise the possibility of a leanout event killing the engine.
Last edited by Brettus; 12-12-2016 at 05:37 PM.
#49
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