E85 400hp mark
 

I currently run a borg warner efr 7064 turbo. I'm at 315@wheels hp and stock tires does not hold traction on 1st and 2nd gear. Monday I was going to drop my car off and do the E85 tune and get that good 400hp. But kind of iffy about doing so. I've heard mixed things about running car past 330hp. Like when breaking down motors the rods are a little bent. Is it safe or not to run a safe E85 tune for 400hp? I plan on building the motor in a few months just waiting to see if a cams comes out. But if cams are not coming out soon then just going to build bottom end sooner. How many people riding around with 400hp E85 as a DD having no issues?

I can tell you tomorrow as ill dyno mine and see how it holds up lol

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You do have other tires than stock right?

These must be like the old RE92s. It was a race to see who could kill them the fastest. :lol:

Still running stock tires. My car only has 3k miles on it. So tires are far from bald.

What turbo kit do you have?

As far as daily use I'm not sure but I know there are a few 400+whp fr-s/brz on e85 that are seeing track use and see spiritual driving. I'm sure it would be just fine it would just get a little cost effective using e85 especially if you get on it all the time haha mpg will suck!

Custom kit.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uowTWYwMH30"]Turbo FRS EFR 7064 1st-3rd gear - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtJkc_tGB88"]FRS turbo EFR 7064 2nd-4th pull - YouTube[/ame]

Here is two videos, wasn't getting on it to hard cause traction. Had to let off gas few times.

Mine is running fine at 450+whp. It's had several rounds of dyno tuning, 14 runs on the drag strip and thousands of miles of spirited driving. 3200 combined miles so far.

Want some interesting data? I got 26mpg while running 93oct at 8-8.5psi (300-310whp). On my last tank on my e85 setup, I got 17.2mpg.

^ can't wait to do the FBM kit and run 8-8.5 psi like yours! Hopefully mine does 310whp too :) mileage on pump gas looks very promising

Your car runs nice man!

That sound.

Everything is custom, 3inch exhaust, downpipe and equal length header. It breathes well on top end.

It definately sounds sweet, probly best I've heard actually!

Do you think its gonna be a pain to get it passing VA's emissions inspection?

No cause my twin turbo camaro passed with no cats.

so does having the turbo help the emissions? i always had the idea that have no cats and a high flow exhaust would automatically cause you too fail

WOW! That's a nice setup BW Turbos have always been efficient! but so pricey!!

When are you hitting full boost?

Visconti has a flex fuel tune out for the car if you're worried about getting a bad mix of e85. I personally think it'd be a great investment since not too many e85 pumps are readily available, at least not where I live.

Good luck with the numbers, I don't think it'll be a problem hitting 400whp

I've seen a lot of cars on the forum runnin around that number and they don't seem to have any issues, YET. I'm really optimistic that the FA20 motor is as strong as others say and from what I've seen.

I have a flex fuel kit. Just havent done the tune for it yet. Was planning on doing it monday.

Here is what the engine bay looks like.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLPIyWcMPQ"]Turbo FRS EFR 7064 walkaround - YouTube[/ame]

NICE! When are you hitting full boost?

I will look through his logs this afternoon for when full boost comes in on the street and on the dyno. He got the zeitronics flex fuel stuff and we will be adapting it in and setting his car up for flex fuel.

Also ultramarine he has a high flow cat and full working emissions . When we do the flex fuel stuff he will loose the evap system. But in this area it is a visual inspection for emissions so it will pass the visual test.

Welcome to the forums, @Ross.

Every time he gets in the car! AMIRITE?! lol.:D

Thank you Frosty. With the conversations I have had with Fabron I can only assume every time he gets in his car would be correct.