I spent some time this week making my SS lines and pump mounts for the meth kit which will go in this weekend.
Before it goes in, I wanted to know for sure what my fuel system is capable of flowing at max capacity. I also wanted to see how much knock resistance some ethanol blends would add to the equation.
PRJ was pointing out meth failsafes, so after giving it some thought: What better fail-safe is there than to have a knock-resistant base fuel. Can it work this way?
If my fuel system could support X amount of power with E85, then adding water/meth and running E75 or so would be a pretty good failsafe if the anti-knock properties of E75 or E50, etc are known. I'm also looking into picking up some Bosch Motorsport 970cc dual cone injectors, but anyway, back to today.
So.... I added 8 gallons of E85 to the 5 or so gallons of 91 octane (E10) in my fuel tank.I calculated that the Walbro 416 would supply plenty of fuel at pressure, but I would max the injectors at 7:1 afr with 400 g/s airmass @ 7000 rpm.
Before filling up, I loaded Phila's map switching file with a couple different calculated KRKTEs in maps 2 and 3. Filled up, started the car, and waited for the AFR gauge to move up to 17:1, then switched maps. Worked out perfect.
It then hit me that ME7 logger wouldn't connect with that file easily. I took a few partial pulls to see if AFR was reacting and falling into the correct range, then flashed a conservative mid-boost E80-ish file. I figured I could increase boost and timing slowly and see where I end up before starting to go lean in either bank.
Fast forward 3 hours.Ambient Temp: 93* F
Ambient Pressure: 924mb
Altitude: 2700 ft
Weight: My brother (190), Me (210), 12 gallons of fuel (78), and the A6 (3759) = 4237 lbs or 1922 Kilos
RPM/MPH: 70.1
Boost: 23 PSI @ 4000 RPM
Wow, after 3 hours and 3 revisions, I gotta say: Ethanol is the shizzzz. Virtually no knock. Amazing, and a dollar cheeper than sheit 91.
- Check out that torque curve from 3000 rpm
- Yeah, I have to re-work Boost PID... again
- Log file is attached for full analysis