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Old 08-25-2014, 09:50 PM
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Old 08-26-2014, 08:07 AM
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Awesome to see this! I can't wait to see what type of power gains you see from E85...and if the stock fuel system can support it
Old 08-26-2014, 10:08 AM
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Did you have to add any hardware to the car for this to work? Or was this just a software upgrade in the ECU?
Old 08-26-2014, 10:11 AM
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you have to add hardware, the sensor isn't there.
Old 08-26-2014, 10:13 AM
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How much was the sensor? and when do you think you will have this avaliable to sell via a tune package?


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Very interested!! Glad to see someone's coming along with this for the c7!!! I would love to be able to run on e85 and not have to worry about not finding e85 right away....
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Very nice!
Old 08-27-2014, 04:29 AM
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Great news! A lot easier to run E85 than Meth. Very interested as well.
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These cars LOVE E85!
Old 08-27-2014, 10:06 AM
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This is awesome! Cant wait for e85 to become the norm with these cars. I would much rather do that than meth.
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Too bad Chevy didn't make the C7 FlexFuel like so many of their other cars & trucks! How awesome would that be?
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Is there any new information on this & what all is involved?
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Originally Posted by Kracka
Too bad Chevy didn't make the C7 FlexFuel like so many of their other cars & trucks! How awesome would that be?
How true
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That's real low vacuum for idle. Is that typical for the LT1?
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Originally Posted by BLKTA
That's real low vacuum for idle. Is that typical for the LT1?
negative
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Originally Posted by BLKTA
That's real low vacuum for idle. Is that typical for the LT1?
You are VERY observant! I actually had the #3 cylinder down, which we were chasing when that screen shot was taken. All is good now.

The flex fuel was good for 30HP with about 5* more timing on the 427 and that was E70since I had 93 in the car when we mixed it in. It's reading E76 now since my last fill. My next goal is to test it with a client's LT1 to see how his car does. Stay tuned
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Originally Posted by Kracka
Too bad Chevy didn't make the C7 FlexFuel like so many of their other cars & trucks! How awesome would that be?
Does anybody know why it isn't? It seems like it would have been sensible since everything needed to support this is already in production at GM...

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Old 09-08-2014, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rjwz28
Does anybody know why it isn't? It seems like it would have been sensible since everything needed to support this is already in production at GM...
I read that they could not get the tune completed in time for production release. Not sure if that is true or not. if true, then you would expect it to be ready for the following year.
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Ethanol pre and post combustion smells soooo sweet

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Originally Posted by pincushin
Is there any new information on this & what all is involved?
Can somebody answer this guy's question?
Ok you add a sensor to run E85 THEN WHAT?
Retune just to run E85?
Guess you void your warentty to run corn?
If so I can see it being worth it for FI guys but a stock NA what's the real benefits?


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