Gonna swap to E85...should be fun

[garyk1970]

it has ford blue tops in it now....not sure the Resistance is in the box, stock ecm.....

I reckon the box must be to drive the low impedance injectors.
The stock ones are high impedance.
High impedance in the TR's are typically 13 - 15 Ohms

Not sure what your car has and I am sure they are special as well, as in SS (??). Measure the resistance of the injectors to tell the tale of the box. That is, if the ECM is stock.:biggrin:

 

[camaro75racer]

Hey guys. I realize about the rubber issue with the E85 and will be working to get rid of all rubber in the fuel system. I have talked with a person associated with Walbro and they have been testing the pump i have with NO problems so far and if i do run into a problem i do have another solution for that. As for injectors i talked with Eric Marshall and he assures me the MSD 50's should be enough for the power level i will be in so im hoping for the best. Around here E85 is about $.25 cheaper than 87 octane....about $.50 cheaper than 93....and 110 is up to about $7 a gallon so i could really care less about the lower mpg. In the long run i look for this to be a fun experiment and hopefully a successful one.

 

[WFO]

Has anyone had rubber seals go bad from E-85?

Here's a good, LONG read about E-85 success.

1000rwhp with $2 fuel? E85 is pretty cool stuff.

 

[novaderrik]

Has anyone had rubber seals go bad from E-85?

Here's a good, LONG read about E-85 success.

1000rwhp with $2 fuel? E85 is pretty cool stuff.

i'm not sure about failures being attributed to E85, but i will say that we've had 10% ethanol in our gas for almost 20 years now, and i've never seen any dried out mechanical fuel pump diaphragms or fuel injector o-rings in that time.
i've heard about gaskets and o-rings tearing or swelling up in the presence of oil, but not the ethanol in the gas.

 

[GNJimC]

nova,

Nice Monte. My very first car was a 74, only it was black. My second car was an 85 WH1. Wish I still had them both!

Most of our gas in WI is also a 10% blend. Depends on where you buy it. E-85 is becoming more common. A few of the ethanol plants have thier own self serve pumps and they sell it cheap right at the plant. The cost to the consumer should start dropping due to ethanol inventory increasing. Freight is the biggest issue, since it can not be transported in pipelines. Either tanker trucks or via rail.