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Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:19 pm
E85 for right now. The long term plan is to make my own E96 fuel, which is basically straight hydrous ethyl alcohol and some denaturants added to make it not safe to consume. I've found that the actual ethanol content of pump E85 is NEVER 85% ethanol. By law, it only has to be greater than 69.5% ethanol and they can still call it E85. During the hottest part of the summer, I've seen it get up to about 79% ethanol. You can buy race E85, which is guaranteed to contain 85% ethanol, but it's over $9/gallon. I can make E96 at home for a third of that price, and that's just using table sugar, which is the most expensive way to do it.
Honestly, my progress is dictated mostly by the weather. My garage is too small to fit the car in and work on it, so it sets outside. I would have had the wiring done sooner, but it's been so cold, I couldn't solder the wires. We're having a warm spell now, so my next step is to try and take advantage, if work allows me the extra time, and get the wiring done. Then I'll start on the intercooler system. I had it all set up on my last build, but there were a lot of things about it I didn't like, so I'm redoing all of it. None of my piping works either because the intake manifold is so different and the turbo is different.
If I HAD to put a time on it, I basically need to be done by late March. If it's not done by then, I'll be so busy with work, it'll be months before I get a chance to work on it again.