Ok cool. But I should use teflon for all the flexible bits? If so, can braid just be clamped like normal hose or will the connections have to be changed to suit?
I appologise if I'm annoying You with noob questions, I appreciate Your advice.
There is only one servo in Adelaide that sells it, surely it wont vary too much from the same servo?
It varies seasonally and the content of Ethanol changes as well as what they mix it with.
We have 3 or 4 pumps here in the ACT now and there is quite a few RB engines running it as daily fuel without issue so far. As guys learn more about it it will become more common.
I'm with you Brett, I would want to pretty seriously on top of things before risking an engine. There is one RB here, which is a stock n/a thing single cam with over 300rwkw running E85 daily.. he hasn't killed it yet. Then again he does tune it a bit himself.
Teflon will require the correct fittings. Its not soft enough to just clamp around anything.
There is fitting which can go from hard line or whatever else to AN Flare which make life pretty easy.
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Ok cool. But I should use teflon for all the flexible bits? If so, can braid just be clamped like normal hose or will the connections have to be changed to suit?
I appologise if I'm annoying You with noob questions, I appreciate Your advice.
There is only one servo in Adelaide that sells it, surely it wont vary too much from the same servo?
I know of two local cars that used pump E85, Luke. Both changed off it and back to drum E85. The spark plugs were rooted and rusty!! Also rocker covers and catch cans go milky from the water vapour dragged in to the system from the fuel.
well then can I just use normal rubber EFI hose? The car is meant to be a weekender but I can easily see it turning in to My daily driver lol. EFI hose is cheap enough if I had to replace often, as long as it isnt going to clog the injectors?
Yeah that happens with all alky based fuels, even guys running the barrel stuff are seeing the same with drawing water in.
E85 will draw the water through a fuel system like nothing else. Old fuel tanks have a fair bit of water in them and with normal fuel they don't mix well. The E85 and water mix better and you see it come through. The plugs going rusty sounds like some kind of additive in the fuel.. When we pressed the Caltex here for info on the grades of fuel they basically said they won't do it because they can't guarantee what they will mix it with so octane and whats in the fuel is all over the shop.
On a serious banger engine.. I'm like you I would only run drum. For a couple of bucks a litre its cheap race fuel.
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I know of two local cars that used pump E85, Luke. Both changed off it and back to drum E85. The spark plugs were rooted and rusty!! Also rocker covers and catch cans go milky from the water vapour dragged in to the system from the fuel.
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well then can I just use normal rubber EFI hose? The car is meant to be a weekender but I can easily see it turning in to My daily driver lol. EFI hose is cheap enough if I had to replace often, as long as it isnt going to clog the injectors?
It depends on the EFI hose, I stock and sell Aeroquip push lock compatible stuff which is E85 ok.
Well I'm talking just the normal goss stuff. What I am getting at is, I want to keep using the factory fuel rail and hard lines as I want to keep costs to a bare minimum and have it looking as close to factory standard as possible.
The normal lines may last for ages or not at all. Its not something I can speculate on.
If it was me I would be replacing the rubber hose where it joins everything in with Aeroquip stuff.
I would also make sure you have a few filters handy for when you do. E85 will pick up all the crap/contaminants from the bottom of the tank. You will need to change filters.
