It seems like he's saying to use a synthetic oil because he's worried that there is a cylinder wall wash-down issue, like there is on a diesel. Is there? Does alcohol get past the rings and into the oil? Considering how quickly it evaporates off of my 90 degree skin, I wouldn't think it would be able to wash down anything in a 250+ degree engine because it would immediate evaporate.
Based on that guy's web page, it sounds like I can just put in E85 and adjust my master fuel number up 20% and be done with it (instead of installing the injector opening increasing widget). Really? Well, maybe after I get it all tuned and running well on 93 I can put in a quarter tank and see what it does (fingers crossed). I'm already running the Wiesco pistons, so the lowered compression ratio is taken care of, and with the Link's master fuel number as the only variable, I should be able to do the 20% conversion quickly when buying E85 or gas (otherwise I can just keep the laptop in the car and with DLL switch maps whenever I need to). I haven't looked at the price of E85 versus 93 octane at my local gas station, but I'll do that on the way home tonight. Thanks! On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Cardell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He took it into consideration, but his *solution* didn't address the > issue. > > " Alcohol fuels can be more corrosive on some rubbers , plastic and some > metal parts and this is why back in the 1970's when Alcohol fuels were > first introduced in the United States that people would complain abut > engine problems , corroded fuel lines etc. this is no longer an issue in > most newer vehicles as most newer vehicles are already designed to > resist the corrosive nature of Alcohol fuels when Some states started > requiring 10- 20 % Ethanol in all gasoline fuels sold . After > considerable research I came to the conclusion this simply wasn't a > major concern as I entered into this project . But for added protection > I chose to use a high quality synthetic oil ." > > What, exactly, does running synthetic oil do to address corrosion in the > fuel system?? He likely does have a point that newer cars may already be > pretty well set due to the 10% ethanol already out there. I suspect the > NBs might be ok with their hard plastic lines, but no idea about pump > and injectors.. > > > > Bill Cardell > TurboDog's Dad > www.flyinmiata.com > 1-800-FLY-MX5S (sales) > 970-464-5600 (tech) > 2008 FM Open House: August 14-17 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:28 AM > To: 'Mark Cookson'; 'miatapower List' > Subject: RE: E85 in a Miata redux > > I found this after my last post > http://e85vehicles.com/converting-e85.htm . > I don't think the author took the corrosive nature of ethanol into > consideration but there's additional info. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Cookson > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:44 PM > To: miatapower List > Subject: E85 in a Miata redux > > So, after reading the archives, it looks like the question was never > actually answered (but boy did it create a long list of people talking > about the USA's energy policy!). There was some hand waving about it > not being just as simple as putting E85 in your tank and retuning, but > no concrete examples of things tried, problems encountered, solutions > created, etc. > > I'm looking to avoid the whole discussion of whether or not this is a > good energy policy and mainly wondering if it can be done on a hobby > level. Replacing fuel lines, the pump, and injectors seems like an easy > task and gives me an excuse to continue to tinker with the Miata. > > I had considered doing an AC electric motor conversion to the Miata, but > that's going to be far more work and far more expensive (like $20k, at > least, to do it right). > > So, has anyone else given any thought to E85 in their Link Miata, and if > so, how did it go? > > Thanks! > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
