stevanford Member 268 Member For: 12y 10m 12d Posted 10/03/14 07:03 AM Share Posted 10/03/14 07:03 AM ^ are you only replacing intake pump? Still running one 044, standard fuel pressure regulator and standard fuel rail?Nah I'm going to run twin 044s off my plazmaman surge tank. I've got a dual feed fuel rail and FPR 1200. Intank is the last piece of the puzzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 3m 26d Gender: Male Posted 10/03/14 08:31 AM Share Posted 10/03/14 08:31 AM Are you using a voltage reg. thingy on your A1000?I am now, had no issues without it and it all ran fine, once I installed it the car was harder to start as the fuel pressure was a lot lower than what it was tuned for.Now that I have switched turbos and retuned it all works perfectly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 10/03/14 08:35 AM Share Posted 10/03/14 08:35 AM What's the trick bud?? Seriously I can barely hold on to my sanity with the noise this things makes..How was yours installed to make it tolerable without the controller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 3m 26d Gender: Male Posted 10/03/14 09:27 AM Share Posted 10/03/14 09:27 AM (edited) MIne was installed at CMS as I purchased it through Chris (Rapid).The controller is good and I can hardly tell its there now, wasn't going to buy one but I'm glad I did now as it should make the pump last a bit longer now. Edited 10/03/14 09:28 AM by rednose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 10/03/14 10:43 AM Share Posted 10/03/14 10:43 AM If you ever happen to slide under there sometime soon reckon u could post a few pics for us?maybe pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 3m 26d Gender: Male Posted 10/03/14 10:51 AM Share Posted 10/03/14 10:51 AM If you ever happen to slide under there sometime soon reckon u could post a few pics for us?maybe pmI'll try mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUN-808 Member 251 Member For: 11y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 31/03/14 11:10 AM Share Posted 31/03/14 11:10 AM Guys a bit of advice on the glass testers.. They do absolutely nothing more than offer a GUIDE on the difference between batchs and blends..Please dont read the %% numbers and read them as gospel cause ull be misinformed.. They are a must have for the reasons I just mentioned ONLY..Iv used all kinds but mainly ran Sucrogen from a 44 for consistency and the additives offered and the fact it uses 98 NOT 91 like all the pump varieties ..Its tested 92ish on ALL tests on the glass tester but I know for a fact its 85% only EVERY batch.. The shelf life is also longer than what people think..Iv been using E85 for almost 5 years and have done a boatload of research into all things E85 and there are some common myths..I was in touch with the national distributor of the V8 Supercars Control fuel which was sucrogen.. He told me that when they send the cars over to NZ for that round they only take as much as they need to top up which was not used the round before, so they seal the drums, stocktake it and then send over what they need for the next round so the drums can be sitting there for a year after being resealed..Secondly the one of the summer and winter blends..We received an email RE using pump e-flex as a racefuel as at the time we were interested in submitting details to ANDRA to have it on the approved fuel list..Ill copy and paste the reply.. which to the contrary contraditcs the common belief that Caltex has and always has used different blends in Summer and Winter..this email was around 2years ago so MAY have changed but I highly doubt it.. If it has changed its very minute probably undetectable for most..My testing of e-flex was almost identical over a 2-3 year period till the middle of 2013 from the same servo confirming this email.. Heres the reply.. Dated early 2012..Thank you for writing to Caltex. I understand your concerns and recognise that drag racing needs consistency. It's worth bearing in mind however that Bio E-Flex was specifically designed for use in original factory-made flex-fuel vehicles (fitted with flex-fuel sensors that can adjust to the level of ethanol) - hence the discord in specs to your racing requirements. Having said all that, Bio E-Flex has been at 70% ethanol since it launched for NSW, Vic & SA. Qld has been at 73%. There has not been a change since the launch of the product. It was a deliberate choice to use the winter blend at that time as we knew that sales would be extremely low at all sites. Hence there was a risk that some of the summer blend would still be in the tanks from the summer rolling into the winter. It's also our first foray into the product which means that we began by making a few conservative decisions: considering this is the first relatively large-scale rollout of the product in Australia, we wanted to ensure that there were absolutely no issues with it that could possibly tarnish its reputation in the marketplace. Basically we wanted to separate it from the E10 stigma, and some regular motorists' opinion on ethanol blended fuel. We wanted to make sure that every flex-fuel vehicle that rolled in there had no start-up or vapour pressure issues, and demonstrate that ethanol blended fuels work beautifully in engines designed to use it. However, this does mean that cars that have been modified and tuned specifically to use E85, and do not have a flex-fuel sensor have to be very careful about measuring the ethanol content in Bio E-Flex, as you have been. We will only change the ethanol content twice a year at most. At this stage we haven't changed the % yet as we began with the winter blend for the reasons stated above. As we grow our understanding of the fuel, and the relative sales, we should be able to better balance ethanol content with vapour pressure requirements of the flex-fuel vehicles. Please note that factory made flex-fuel vehicles cannot be tuned to use 85% ethanol in winter due to legislated tuning requirements (to minimise vehicle emissions). So in answer to your question, it is likely that we will increase the ethanol content in summer, however I cannot guarantee that it will be 85% ethanol. Some states including NSW and Qld, are subject to legislation that limits the maximum vapour pressure in petrol. Hence our refineries change the volatility of our petrol every year to meet these requirements. This directly impacts E-Flex, because it is blended with this petrol. If the volatility of the petrol is high, then we can use more ethanol. If it is lowered, in order to meet the legislation, then we may only be able to put in 70-75% ethanol. So as you can see, our decisions were driven by a number of factors: operability, legislative and our commitment to the success of renewable fuels in Australia. My advice is to keep on checking the ethanol content of the fuel, again - it won't change that often. I can advise that we will not be increasing the ethanol content in E-Flex until about August and the onset of spring. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 31/03/14 11:48 AM Share Posted 31/03/14 11:48 AM Very good info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 23d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 02/04/14 01:05 PM Share Posted 02/04/14 01:05 PM Is there any way of adding a flex fuel sensor to our cars? Im guessing not without impossible changes to the ecu's software and possibly hardware? Stand alone shomehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 02/04/14 11:17 PM Share Posted 02/04/14 11:17 PM A sensor can be used to monitor the ethanol content, but our software does not have the compatibility you use a sensor to adjust the tune to suit varying ethanol content 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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