Gains from E85 (ethanol) on an N/A bolt on 370Z

Originally Posted by njobe89 if you just switch to e85 without a tune, you won't make any power. with the correct tune you are supposed to make power... not sure

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Gains from E85 (ethanol) on an N/A bolt on 370Z

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09-22-2015, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by njobe89

if you just switch to e85 without a tune, you won't make any power. with the correct tune you are supposed to make power... not sure how other than it's higher octane rating than 93.

That's what I thought as well, but someone in here is claiming that he saw a power increase with zero timing changes. I was under the impression that the additional power from an E85 tune came from the additional timing you could run.

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