bahoodle

so i been on this site for like a year n c alot of u run e47. i have my injectors comin in already and ordering a intake cam today. only problem is local dyno tuning place doesn't know how to tune for e47. from what ive read i gotta rent hptuners n i pay someone to tune it for me? other thing is like i could just run full e85 right?

hawkssoccer11

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you dont need injectors or cams to run e47. to run full e85 then yes youll need injectors seals or opel injectors and cams to get the full potential of e85. yeah you could rent hptuners and get remote tuned from some guys here on the forum. i know theres a guy in nj that would probably be the closest to you. he goes by basswaves on here and instagram. he could probably help you out.

ECaulk

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This, but western NY is a decent distance from NJ

bahoodle

it would suck but i do have a f150 i can tow the car with lmao now i've read alot about like i dont need full e85. but e85 is like 40 cents cheaper a gallon so im just curios why u guys don't run full e85 on ur cars? and km043 said he can tune my car for me so i just gotta rent hptuners so thats all setlled but yea. y dont ya run full e85?

exninja

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don't do it for economics (unless gas goes to $4+/gallon and ethanol stays the same). you use more fuel with ethanol (hence the need for fueling upgrades).

hawkssoccer11

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KMO43 is a hell of a tuner as well. if you want to save a little bit, scratch the injectors and the cams and just run a 50/50 blend. youll get better mpgs on the mix blend like ninja said. youll go from say 30mpg to about 20mpg lol

Snail_SS

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Not going to lie that's the mpg I get with e47 lol 20-23mpg kinda sucks since my job isn't close by and I go thru a tank of gas a week

ECaulk

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I got 25 on e47 but I also spent a decent amount of time tweeking things for mpg and power

hawkssoccer11

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i got 22 with my drive i have now to and from work, the best i saw was 26 but that was on a highway trip and coasting down the mountains lol.

Snail_SS

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Lol that's my other problem that I have to go up and down the mountain both trips

hawkssoccer11

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dont you live like 30min away from it?

Snail_SS

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According to Google maps it's 23 I make it in 18 lol

hawkssoccer11

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ohhh ok lol. i get mine on my way to and from work lol

ECaulk

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Those aren't mountains....

Snail_SS

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Lol same here I could go another route butbitnwould be an additional 5 minutes of drive but I run the possibility of getting stuck in traffic so that will just add more time to my drive and nah in good

Snail_SS

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It's in the name they are called Franklin mountains lol I'm sure you have bigger mountains but yeah lol

hawkssoccer11

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nobody cares about your mountains out there.

ECaulk

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Names mean nothing

Everyone cares

T-Man

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How is everyone getting such shitty MPG on E? I'm averaging around 28mpg 65/35 hwy/city driving? Even in the city, there's not much of a change as long as I'm not doing a bunch of idling.

Don't get me wrong, when I have a heavy foot and feel like feeding the inner ricer, it drops significantly.

ECaulk

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I had a lot of stop go traffic on mine, when I didn't have stop go (thanks spring break for schools) I was up at 27-28 with about the same 65/35 split hwy/city

Snail_SS

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That's my problem I hardly even do pulls or anything crazy, I will however drive around going 75 or 80 most of the time

cw383

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Something else no one has brought up. Much of the E85 is going to "Flex Fuel" which can vary in ethanol percentage from 51% to 83%, although I've tested it at 90% before a few times, but it changes place to place, season to season and time to time, so its a mess. Anyhow, with E47 tune you can tweak the mix if you have to. If your tuned for straight E85 and this weeks tanker is filled up with E60 Flexfuel, well that could be a potential problem.