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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 09:04 AM
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Doesn't seem like meth or alcohol is very popular. I was thinking of an Aquamist hfs3.

Any reason why no one is doing it
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 09:25 AM
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Most people do e85 and not meth or alcohol. if you dont have e85 around you, you can do meth. i know aquamist has fail safe and that would be the best bet.
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 09:39 AM
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E85 is indeed the reason people don't do it.

There's a rumor that MN laws are changing as far as E85 that may cripple sales here, so I'm researching alky myself. The Aquamist kits are very good, just do some searching on here and you'll find all the info you could want.
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 10:43 AM
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yeah i dont have easy access to e85. and the car isnt daily driven. maybe 1000 miles per year if that.
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 10:55 AM
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Aquamist kit hands down the best kit out. Been using it for around a year, no issues at all
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 10:57 AM
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the only issue im having is how doy ou chose your jet size on a boost level if your not sure what the max boost level is going to be?
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 11:01 AM
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Aquamist kit is triggered by injector duty cycle. Most kits come with different size jets, you would need a tune after kit is installed
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 11:43 AM
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Jet selection is based upon fuel replacement. The percentage you want to replace is roughly based on the ratio of water/metanol. There is some good information on Howerton Engineering's website.

I love my HFS -3 kit. I only use Aquamist though.
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 12:47 PM
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i was trying to interpret the whole system. but if i am not using the entire injector it makes the decision of jet size difficult. i have id2000 but id ont think im near close to using the whole injector lol
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 02:53 PM
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I really wanna use meth however I hear so many horror stories, makes me super nervous!!

I do believe meth has come a long way from failures.
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 03:03 PM
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i was trying to interpret the whole system. but if i am not using the entire injector it makes the decision of jet size difficult. i have id2000 but id ont think im near close to using the whole injector lol
I also run alcohol based on the fact that e85 isn't in my neck of the woods. I run the Aquamist HFS-3 also and its awesome . I run id 1000's and with alky my idc's are at about 75% so your injectors would barely be pushed I guess? Like someone mentioned earlier the aquamist works with your ecu and adjusts to how much fuel is needed I believe based on idc's and ipw's, someone correct me if I'm wrong. The car will need tuning obviously. I use the run the smc alcohol kit and it can't even compare to the Aquamist. My afr's would vary and get richer in the warmer months where as the Aquamist seems to keep it pretty consistent to what it was tuned for. HTH
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 03:37 PM
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to those that are running the Aquamist kits, are you tuned on stock ecu or aem ems? is one better than the other to use with the Aquamist kits?
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 03:43 PM
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to those that are running the Aquamist kits, are you tuned on stock ecu or aem ems? is one better than the other to use with the Aquamist kits?
stock ecu and runs perfect, I would love to run a aem but don't want to swap back every time I have to go to emissions . Though I'm sure it would work flawless with the aem .
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 03:43 PM
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the engine isnt built yet. im in process of rebuild. so finding out which is the best route for me.
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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 03:46 PM
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ctfpevoVIII who tuned ur car?
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