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scotty nm35 Grand Master

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Lol.

It's not THAT bad to start E85 in Winter, not in Sydney anyway. Canberra might be a different story.

I had plenty of cold start issues in Melbourne when using 85%, mainly due to the electronic throttle and not being able to flood the car on startup. I had to fit a secondry petrol primer to get it to fire in winter. No issues like that on Eflex and its cheaper so I know what I will be running in a few months.

STATUS Grand Master

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Ye sorry you've sorta missed a "in" joke from a few years back.

Basically the owner of Sucrogen got on here being a ripe tawt, saying pump E85 is a waste of time.

So that you should buy "his" stuff as it's "so much better".

I mean no doubt it is, but at almost double the price of from the local bowser... Not really viable for anyone with a car that gets used regularly. Plus you then needed somewhere to store said drums...

Have a read if you want a laugh: Click Me

yup and back to back testing proved the "actual" difference was negligible.... still got a few drums of the "super special" E85 still laying there....

scotty nm35 Grand Master

scotty nm35

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yup and back to back testing proved the "actual" difference was negligible.... still got a few drums of the "super special" E85 still laying there....

I will give you $1.10 a litre for it Trent. lol.

SimonR32 Grand Master

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Flash point of E100 is 13-14 degress so if the temperature is lower than that you will struggle.

Brockas over here in Perth is running E100 (he gets it cheap), I don't think there is any gain over using an E85 or even an E42 mix. He hasn't had issues starting in winter but almost always garages the car so the ambient temp would be higher than 13-14degress.

When he did leave it over night at the track one time it took a lot of coaxing to start in the morning.

My E42 has never had an issue no matter what the temperature, pretty much fires first or second crank unless the battery is flat :)

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Flash point of E100 is 13-14 degress so if the temperature is lower than that you will struggle.

Brockas over here in Perth is running E100 (he gets it cheap), I don't think there is any gain over using an E85 or even an E42 mix. He hasn't had issues starting in winter but almost always garages the car so the ambient temp would be higher than 13-14degress.

When he did leave it over night at the track one time it took a lot of coaxing to start in the morning.

My E42 has never had an issue no matter what the temperature, pretty much fires first or second crank unless the battery is flat :)

Cold start on e85 is no issue even e100 but you need to have pulse and crank ms specific adjustments to get ti first crank everytime... scotty your start issues would have stemmed from the fact the emanage does not have it, some of the nistune model definitions (most models are there r32, s13 etc) are yet to extract this data also.

i take it vipec or link is in the works?

scotty nm35 Grand Master

scotty nm35

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Cold start on e85 is no issue even e100 but you need to have pulse and crank ms specific adjustments to get ti first crank everytime... scotty your start issues would have stemmed from the fact the emanage does not have it, some of the nistune model definitions (most models are there r32, s13 etc) are yet to extract this data also.

i take it vipec or link is in the works?

I have a HKS solution for now unfortunately, yet to get it running though. I reached the limits of the EMU the day it was installed but its done me well.

Would love a Link G4 Extreme... Got one laying around I can try out? :worship:

battery Mentor

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I have been filling at United for the last 3 tanks, its more expensive at 10c less than unleaded and then I need to put a little 98 in also to drop the ethanol percentage until I get a tune. It definitely smells better though. I will let you know when I get it back on the dyno.

keen to hear how you go, hallam united is almost next door to me!

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34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

34GeeTeeTee

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Do you guys know if it's Ok to keep E85 in Jerry cans for about two weeks? Or will it start absorbing too much water?

I had stuff sealed in red jerry cans from the SAU Nationals in November and used it mid January and it run sweet az! The car was actually tuned on it too :) Not saying that is the case for all cans but these ones seal airtight so they did the job nicely!

Piggaz Grand Master

Piggaz

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Do you guys know if it's Ok to keep E85 in Jerry cans for about two weeks? Or will it start absorbing too much water?

Had 60 litres in 3 jerry cans sitting on blocks of wood from Jan last year. Stuck it in the car in November and it was fine. The sensor read E86 from memory.

34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

34GeeTeeTee

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Had 60 litres in 3 jerry cans sitting on blocks of wood from Jan last year. Stuck it in the car in November and it was fine. The sensor read E86 from memory.

Damn you and your united! I havent had any higher than E72 :(

Piggaz Grand Master

Piggaz

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Is caltex making the eflex blend e85 in summer or have people noticed its constantly around e70 throughout winter and summer?

I put 22 ish litres on my car on Saturday from the Moorebank Caltex. I had bugger all fuel in the tank (the light would have been coming on soon) and that was sitting at E86. After those 22 litres it dropped down to E 77 or E76. So clearly not "E85"... well atleast not at Moorebank. Fkn Jerks!

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