blown engine on e-85 600 miles......
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Well I am sure it has been covered in this thread if he was using Gas readings not ALC the 11.5 is a good spot on a gas WB. From my E85 testing with over 50+ mid 11sec passes on it and close to 10k in mi I have found 11.5 on a gas WB is safe and my car runs low 12s out the top due to being out of fuel on my 850's. My car has a stock motor and has been spiking 31psi holding 24psi to redline the hole time and knock on wood has been great. Even has stock head bolts.
If you type in rod bearing on here you will find a min of 1 post per month on a spun bearings. These are the same crank and rods that have been in 93+DSM for years and they also have rod bearing problems.
So maybe the bearing was on its way out from being beat on a a bad pump tune or what ever random problem that the motor could have and making the extra power from the E85 tune just finished it off.
Unless you have a 2nd pump and are running a high base I cant see 750s even coming close on a Evo Green.
I have been running normal syn oil the whole time. Yes it does smell like E85 very fast but does not get milky or seem to be breaking down. Really is hard to find any good info on Ethanol on the net. 99.9% of all the info you find on ALC is Meth which from what I can tell is noting like Ethanol.
If you type in rod bearing on here you will find a min of 1 post per month on a spun bearings. These are the same crank and rods that have been in 93+DSM for years and they also have rod bearing problems.
So maybe the bearing was on its way out from being beat on a a bad pump tune or what ever random problem that the motor could have and making the extra power from the E85 tune just finished it off.
Unless you have a 2nd pump and are running a high base I cant see 750s even coming close on a Evo Green.
I have been running normal syn oil the whole time. Yes it does smell like E85 very fast but does not get milky or seem to be breaking down. Really is hard to find any good info on Ethanol on the net. 99.9% of all the info you find on ALC is Meth which from what I can tell is noting like Ethanol.
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No, that's quite LEAN for E-85. Rich for E-85 is 8-9:1.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=803341
-Adrian
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=803341
-Adrian
Read the whole thread. Your post looks very similar to post #21.
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