Joeyjoejoe's E85 Tuning Adventutres

[PM-R33]

Good results man, loving how much gain your getting with this fuel!

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

no shit eh!

although i certainly wont have any semblance of traction @325rwkw... 311 is getting pretty bad as is~!

[PM-R33]

Is it mainly just 1st and 2nd or is 3rd a bit of an issue with that power aswell?

[89CAL]

awesome progress on this mate, been watching this closely as im wanting to run the same setup on pulp. Now if we get e85 here ill be using that probably

just a couple of questions for you. Have u done a run on the highway to see what your economy is like there?

Is it run on a pulp tune most of the time or do u have the datalogic to switch between tunes whenever u like?

what boost controller are you running?

Thanks

Good luk with it mate, looks like itd be a beast to drive

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Is it mainly just 1st and 2nd or is 3rd a bit of an issue with that power aswell?

on pulp its just 1st really... my suspension setup is pretty good...

greddy 5/7 type s coilovers @ 325mm centre to guard, selby swaybars front and rear, superpro camber bushes, superpro castor bushes, superpro pineapples (squat), whiteline strutbrace, hicas lock bar and a nismo 1.5 way mech diff sitting on federal 595ss 235/40/18's

on e85 its 1, 2 and 3

awesome progress on this mate, been watching this closely as im wanting to run the same setup on pulp. Now if we get e85 here ill be using that probably

just a couple of questions for you. Have u done a run on the highway to see what your economy is like there?

Is it run on a pulp tune most of the time or do u have the datalogic to switch between tunes whenever u like?

what boost controller are you running?

Thanks

Good luk with it mate, looks like itd be a beast to drive

highway economy is same as stock on pulp (haven't done a long drive on e85)

i run pulp for daily duties (285rwkw is well enough for a daily) and e85 on 1 bar for track, will run 1.35 bar for drags when i bother to get my ass into gear... lol

the boost controller is a blitz dsbc spec s, holds fine, but i may upgrade to a duel solenoid design (prolly blitz dsbc spec r) for the 300+ rwkw that i now have

yeah, its a great drive.... i get full boost even earlier now... low 3k's right through to 7100 :PBJ:

[SS8_Gohan]

so you brought full boost down by what... 300-400rpm by switching to E85???

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

nah its the same for both fuels...

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

sorry.... i get ya... i have full boost earlier since i fixed the leak

[SS8_Gohan]

oh... right oh..

could you hear anything on the street as opposed to the dyno? We fixed a FMIC howl during dyno tuning, but it's still there when i take the car onto the street. So must be something about more pressure on the front of the car or something when in the real world. I don't know, all i know is that during the last few tuning sessions, it's howled maybe once on the dyno and otherwise been fine. But will consistently howl on the street... which just seems weird to me as i don't load the car up as much as it would on the dyno...

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

there must have been a hairline crack for god knows how long...

last week i went for a drive up the old mtn hwy rd and it split right open... loud like a mack truck on the street!

but cause it was a seem that split, you couldn't see or hear it unless on boost... it just sealed up like normal on idle

[PM-R33]

Shit, i still have that factory elbow thing....

I had my vacuum line to the wastegate split while giving it some in the hills the other night, spiked up to 39psi!! No idea how it didn't blow the gasket, good old tough RB's lol.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

lol... you are lucky dude!

wha happened @ 39psi? sideways much?

[Beer Baron]

mmm 39psi... have had boost control hoses fail before to give 'unlimited' boost before. can be great fun till something dies. a mate of mine picked up a heavily modified GTI-R from the docks years ago. unfortunately the fkers had pinched the ebc solenoid and left the wastegate without a pressure feed so it stayed shut. on the drive home he rang to tell me how wicked fast this car was. we had some great fun in it, till the motor lunched itself due to the 2bar+ boost it was running... d'oh! a boost gauge of some kind is always worthwhile. In the GTR I never look at mine, but it's set-up with a warning level and recall so if something goes wrong you know to get off the gas.

great result on the E85. it really is the way to go at the moment if you want some good fuel for the track or strip. much better option than paying big bucks for ELF etc like we are used to.

[PM-R33]

My car is that loud i didn't hear the profec beeping its tits off at me when it went over 25psi lol. The boost cut function on the profec also didn't work because it needs to use the line that split

Ordered some braided lines for it the other day so it doesn't happen again.

Yeah i so wish this E85 was more readily available.

[Beer Baron]

lol, yes that is the problem with the overboost protection features. they only work if everything is working. and if everything is working why is it overboosting? hehe. the only time is if it's tuned wrong so i guess it's mildly handy for that. but yeah, once a hose or fitting splits the overboost protection does bugger all.

[STATUS]

nah its the same for both fuels...

hey Hamish just looked at the graphs, and there are two boost settings? when we fixed the boost leaks and ran it on mine it was running 20 psi and made 280 or 284rwkw on pulp but in your graph on pulp it is running only 15-16psi.... What boost should it be running?

I reckon now without the split hose and 20+ psi the old peak of 311rwkw will now be a walk in the park.

Edited May 18, 2009 by URAS

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

nah we tuned it on the right setting mate the other setting is just the actuator minimum

yeah, cant wait to get it tuned again... gonna buy me some more jingle juice this week and book her in! :PBJ:

[STATUS]

nah we tuned it on the right setting mate the other setting is just the actuator minimum

yeah, cant wait to get it tuned again... gonna buy me some more jingle juice this week and book her in! :PBJ:

ha sweet, just had a panic when i saw that chart

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

haha lol... we left it on 1 bar cause it just didn't really make any more power... only a few kw...

[allthewaytotheskyline]

your setup seems to be looking tight(great power) der hamish...im currently having issues getting over 250rwkw on a mainline dyno with 2835 and 260 degree camshafts.

the actuator isnt holding boost right im told...so i need to get that sorted first.

also got 100cpsi metallic cat and all supporting mods.

any tips??

did u adjust your actuator to hold boost if not what pound do you have your actuator holding and how much on the ebc???

Edited July 1, 2009 by allthewaytotheskyline