New tune.....

[MUSKOKA800]

Watching the American LeMan's race last weekend the commentators mentioned that E85, which many teams run for the Michelin Green (environment) points, makes less HP than gasoline so those teams are allowed consessions (lower weight, increased tank size, or others) to make up for the power sacrificed.
I'm guessing E85 runs cooler (like alcohol) than gasoline which may be advantageous in a high boost turbo application???

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Originally Posted by thepartsmancometh

wish I had the bucks to do something like this, we have e85 EVERYWHERE here in Illinois. It's almost impossible to find uncut gas around here

I remember driving there for a time attack a while back.. all I saw was cornfields, so no suprise there lol.

Originally Posted by MUSKOKA800

Watching the American LeMan's race last weekend the commentators mentioned that E85, which many teams run for the Michelin Green (environment) points, makes less HP than gasoline so those teams are allowed consessions (lower weight, increased tank size, or others) to make up for the power sacrificed.
I'm guessing E85 runs cooler (like alcohol) than gasoline which may be advantageous in a high boost turbo application???

Yes, the fuel itself is 85% ethanol, 15% gasoline. It is about 110 octane, and burns colder than race fuel. It is expected for coolant temperatures to be 20 degrees below normal with e85. on a boosted application around 400hp, a 50hp gain is not unheard of at the same boost compared to 93 octane. However I am running water meth now, so I don't expect 50hp . I would be happy with 25hp gain. I can understand why rules for LeMans would allow larger fuel tanks in cars running e85 , because about 30%more fuelling is needed to support an e85 tune.