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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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e85 swap

ok been searching nothing is certain... so

i have stock turbo and bolt ons....

wanting to do e85 conversion/...

1000cc injectors
walbro 255
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this is all that needs done?

im looking for 24-26 psi

input now...
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ta ace
ok been searching nothing is certain... so

i have stock turbo and bolt ons....

wanting to do e85 conversion/...

1000cc injectors
walbro 255
tune

this is all that needs done?

im looking for 24-26 psi

input now...
Yep looks like you'll be good to go with that setup for the stock turbo. I'm tuning mine on the fp green with the same setup on e85 next week (currently pump gas)
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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OK and how about are you tuning yours?
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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I use tamer from 4ws. www.4wstuning.com
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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Just make sure you have a good wideband and can log the values. It will be very important to make sure it is installed and reading accurately for any e-mail tune to be effective.

Oh, and 1000cc's is a little small. On my 2.0 with the HTA Green I was running the PTE 1200's and I was almost at 85% IDC. Since then I have done a complete build and needed more so I went with the ID 2000's, but I wouldn't go anything smaller than 1200's for E-85 use, especially since you never know what you are going to change down the road. I have had to buy 3 different sets of injectors before I landed on these ID's. It is expensive and a real pain in the *** to keep upgrading fuel injectors...
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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He will be fine with a stock turbo and 1000's.
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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I did it. I have 1200's but no issues... Im getting about 60-90 Miles for the 1st quarter tank and about 100-130 for 1st half tank. Max I have gone was 180 Miles on a full tank
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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1000s are sufficient, but if you ever plan on getting a bigger turbo you may run out of injector. If I were to do it again, I would have gone 1200s instead of 1050s.
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 06:28 PM
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cool cool yea.. do they make a o2 housing w/ and extra o2 bung for wideband?
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Old Jul 2, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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Just put the wideband in the test pipe... its easy enough to put a bung on there
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 07:20 AM
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yea sounds like a plan... what wideband is best i have always used aem's wideband but have never logged w/ it
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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im on 1000cc with an fp green . so far so good. that would mean there plenty for a stocky turbo. good luck
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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i would say head studs along with your setup
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 11:35 PM
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i would say head studs along with your setup
+1 and maybe valve springs and retainers so if you run her hard you won't get valve float let me know if that's a bad idea but I got them cus of my cossy 2 and I wanna go bigger turbo

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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 04:24 AM
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That looks great, I have 1000cc injectors and i run a 28 psi setup so yeah looks good.
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