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Originally Posted by Cal3000
The general rule of thumb is if you have full bolt on with a tune on pump gas, you can make the same whp as the stock bhp. E85 will add extra. People were making 215whp on the first gen on E85.This 2nd Gen will easily make 250whp on E85 with fbo.
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General rule of thumb? With these cars specifically? Because so many different cars have different drivetrain and pumping losses, it's near impossible to say something like that and have it encompass more than one engine/chassis combo.
From a logical standpoint, I think it's more accurate to suggest that you can gain 20% more power from bolts ons and a tune on pump gas. We don't know how well this engine will react to the properties of e85. You'd think that you have a significant amount of headroom, but sometimes headroom for knock isn't your bottleneck.
I'm excited to see, regardless; it'll be a cool new adventure and we won't already have the answers! People can buy frontpipes and intakes, who knows what mysteries they'll unravel. New intake manifold, header designs, ITBs, plenum spacers... It's like seeing the world for the first time all over again! Maybe.