Joe Schulte

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Looking at going back to a new setup, prior I had great success with my 3.06" and 2.9" on 42lb injectors.

My thing I'm pondering now is would 60's give me enough room to run either of those pulley sizes on e85?

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, once tuned for e85, it's e85 or nothing. I have a station locally, that is excellent I question running it 100% of the time due to lack of surrounding stations. A tuning solution is a whole different battle here but I'm leaving that out.

Not too experienced with e85, just attempting to educate myself and gather some opinions from those whom run it, and/or tune for such and their opinions.

Chevycobaltss3

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2.9 i think you can still do it, idc wont be to far up there, i say you can do it..... and its not technically e or nothing, you can run your tank closest to 0 then change the tune but the tune will be a little off since the car will be running leaner then normal since youd have a tad e in there.

stealthy1ss

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I think that you will be pushing the 60's. Also if you do switch to E85 go back to stock range plugs.

Deathscythe

@ Joe.

Thought you were stepping back from the game...

I knew you couldn't stay away...

Joe Schulte

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Yes, on stock range as right now I'm stock pulley/injectors. That did answer that question though, good to know. Thank you.

Next step is to research prices locally, online it shows e85 normally 40 cents less than regular, meaning 60 cents a gallon cheaper to me. I'll look into the local station though and confirm that. I've ready people saying e85 even costs more.

Chevycobaltss3

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running 60s on a 2.6 pulley with 19-20 nlbs i was able to get my idcs at 70% usage, so if he runs e he will be close but i dont think he will be in the high 90s, do i think 80s would be best yes i do, but he can do it.

Joe Schulte

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Not exactly true, not worth trading the car in and negative equity on it. Hence why it's cheaper to keep the car, and make myself content as I'm also moving closer to work.

As of now I commute 400+ miles a week for work alone, hard to enjoy your car and invest money into it when you're putting that kind of mileage on it.

I'm actually rather content on stock pulley, hell I want to get away and purchase the car I want, however I can wait another year or so and get other things on track I'll be in a more powerful position to do such.

InfraRedline

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Yeah you should be OK on E on the stage 2 pulley, maybe even the 2.9 but it would be gettin close to maxing them. ALso E85 should be more than 40 cents cheaper but I guess it deopends on where you are. Its 80 cents less than regular here.

Joe Schulte

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My 42's on a 2.85 ran 110%, can't see the 2.9 being much better but done by many. I was pushing them for sure.

Chevycobaltss3

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its 80 cents cheaper in placerville cali, which is in the seirra nevada mountains

Deathscythe

Good deal then. I've got a project to work on myself now. Gonna have some fun.