Yeah it's not my DD so I keep 50 gallons of E my house. Just didnt have fuel system done yet and was still on whippled tune. But damn 9.5 1 that's low for these cars. The lowest I would drop would be 11 1 but I'm keeping it 12 1.
When I bought my car (used), it had the stock motor and was on E85. Like you, the nearest E85 station was a fairly long drive from my house, and although mine isn't a dd either, the limited driving range was a rub for me. When one of the head gaskets went out on the factory motor, I decided to change the setup to run on 93. I also initially thought the 9.5:1 was really low, but it is the standard cr for the aluminator sc, which is intended/engineered by Ford to be used in forced induction applications - its currently making over 800rwhp on 93 with way less timing (more boost though) than the previous E85 setup, which was making about 720rwhp. I would agree that 9.5:1 probably is way too low for purpose built E85 setup though. Good luck with your build.
Not sure if that was for me, but my car had a PBD E85 tune, ID, Fore and D1sc when I bought it. When switching to the aluminator sc set up on 93, we kept the ID and the Fore, but the D1sc was sent to Procharger to be upgraded to a D1x, which is what is in it now. The cams are a custom grind from Comp Cams to match the setup and the 93 tune is by my local builder. Although I'm using a Procharger, I would think other blowers would make similar power on a similar set up, and turbos would probably make a bit more.....
Sorry man . Question was for OP .
Nooo!!! I would never do that. Just a complete stage 2 kit. When I installed all that and was switching plugs is when I first noticed a very very little dot of oil on cylinder 7 plug. Only had 9 hundred miles at the time. So I was hopping maybe the ring didnt seat all the yet. But I was wrong lol.
So, you found the oil in #7 while installing the plugs that came with the kit while doing the initial install of the whipple?
No had the whipple on for 800 miles or so. When I was done doing the fuel system and some other things the last thing I did was change the plugs. Thats when i found a very very little bit of oil. But was hoping that was my the rings didnt seal yet because I only had 900 mile on the car. But i was wrong
Im in the same boat man,closet e85 is about 20 min drive.But mine is not a dd and after i took my 15 motor out running 93 and 93/octanium i decided i was going to do a fuel.system on my 17 and run only e85.I have plastic 55 gallon drums at work and can store some fuel if i want,but so far it has not been that bad filling up when needed.For me its just one less to worry about when running over 12 psi off boost.
I have 10 5gallon gas cans in my garage. It's not a big deal. But I will keep a 93 tune for long rides. So I'm gonna pulley back up to 3.875/11psi but tell Lund to make the tune very conservative. And I wont be racing with that tune. It will be more of a point A to point B tune. That's the only reason I'm not doing a 20% overdrive. So the most I'll be able to run is 20psi. But I think that's good for 8's tho
That sounds like a pretty good plan.
From what it looks like with the bore scope ring land. But the motor is going to L&M Wednesday as soon as they tell me what's up. I'll post it on this thread.