Sure, I'm aware of the lower btu of ethanol. But the fact remains that you make more power on e85 with a turbo engine as long as you can get the fuel in. You put all this power gain towards octane?
I noted that the a4 dtm had an extra injector ecu listed in the mods, so maybe the owners can elaborate about fueling.
If you disagree with my theory its fine but then you basically say the power claims for this 75lbs/min turbo are total bullshit. (But you rather tell the small guy he's bullshit?)
Here is some more math since it is sunday and it rains outside
Thermal energy of Gas = 19,000 BTU/lb
Thermal energy of E85 = 13,475 BTU/lb
Lets assume a consumption of air @ 100lbs/hr
100lbs/hr / 14.7 AFR = 6.802 lbs/hr of gasoline @ 19,000 BTU/lb =
129,238 BTU @ Lambda of 1100lbs/hr / 9.76 AFR = 10.246 lbs/hr of E85 @ 13,475 BTU/lb =
138,065 BTU @ Lambda of 1So you can see that the final thermal energy output is greater even though E85 has less energy per volume due to the fact that we are using more of it per pound of air.