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E85 question 87%
Just bought E85 at the pump today that checked out to be at 87%...running a ct525.. should I try to bring in down or would 87% be ok?
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Originally Posted by huckleberry_hound
Just bought E85 at the pump today that checked out to be at 87%...running a ct525.. should I try to bring in down or would 87% be ok?
You will if, you need to pass tech where they only allow 84 to 86. 1 or 2 % won't make much of a difference as far as air/fuel ratio, but passing tech will depending on rules.
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Ok thanks,,, no tech here so should be ok. Any estimate on how much 93 octane it would take added to 50 gallons to lower 2% ?
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Originally Posted by huckleberry_hound
Ok thanks,,, no tech here so should be ok. Any estimate on how much 93 octane it would take added to 50 gallons to lower 2% ?
I never have to do the mixing myself so this is a guess but would believe it to be correct: Just take 2% of volume of the amount of fuel your correcting and add 2% more gas to lower to 85%
50 gallons of fuel x 2% = 1.0 gallons
Someone else could verify but I don't see why that wouldn't be correct.
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I am sure that a mathematical equation can work but I always prefer to be cautious when bringing it down
it easy to go too far and tuff to bring it back up
I suggest using half of the figured amount and restest
we have found the best way to mix it-- is with a long blow gun using air
make sure you are well ventilated and wear and use proper safety equipment
as for the actual content ---we have found that 84 to 85 will restart better than higher contents so I would recommend busting it down some but 87% is not over the top where it will run bad
89 to 90 will be very sluggish on restarts
hope that helps
Brad
www.race-1.com
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Thanks guys,,, I was planning on being cautious just so I don’t go too far under Brad,,, been using a long blow wand to agitate,,, probably be fine where it is but will play around with it just to see how close I can get. 👍
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If you have a known amount of E-87 (say 50 gallons) take 50 x .87 = amount of total ethanol so 50 x.87 = 43.5 gallons total ethanol . Divide that by .85 so 43.5 /.85 = 51.17 gallons. 51.17- 50 = 1.17 is the amount you would add
to 50 gallons of e-87 to make it 51.17 gallons of e-85. I always ck content before filling drums, then calculate how many gallons I need to add, add 87 octane & let it mix on the way home.
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MLR your right on ,,, I got it down to 85%. Thanks
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Had a guy ask me at the track if E85 would run ok in his bigger cu in motor, probably 700 hp 420ci,,, anyone know if it would? I wasn’t sure if the octane would be high enough
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We have ran it in 14-1 compression 750 hp motors, not sure about higher compression ratios.
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I'm not sure what these turbo ls motors are compression wise, but they run e85 on some big boost twin turbo cars and it makes big hp gains for them.
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