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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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Please tell more about the Ethanol guage. Like where did you buy this guage?

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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by salva
Please tell more about the Ethanol guage. Like where did you buy this guage?

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http://www.zeitronix.com/Products/ECA/ECA.shtml

You can find the sensors at your local salvage yard cheap, or ebay.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 08:46 AM
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It looks great, but he stated is gonna sell it...
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 09:27 AM
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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cool gauge. i need one of those.. i got e85 in savannah GA and i think the ethanol percentage had to be a lot less than the one i get around here.. the car started running lean.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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so lemme get this straight, you need the flex fuel sensor and the gauge, and the harness to make it all work correctly? There's gotta be a cheaper way to do it.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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So, what happens when you realize the ethonal you just pumped into your car isn't 85%, and lets say actually around 72%?
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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well depending on ecu you can set that up as a paramter for a 0-5v input I'm sure. As far as the PFC, well... I'm still working on that.
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by KKMpunkrock2011
so lemme get this straight, you need the flex fuel sensor and the gauge, and the harness to make it all work correctly? There's gotta be a cheaper way to do it.
i think the gauge and the sensor.. u can find the sensor for a lot cheaper on ebay or just buy one from local junk yard like he said.

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So, what happens when you realize the ethonal you just pumped into your car isn't 85%, and lets say actually around 72%?
the car will run lean..
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by bewtew
the car will run lean..
it will actually run rich, but the timing will be too advanced
I might have figured out how to adjust fuel vs ethanol content on the PFC, however I don't think there's a way to do IGN. If you run e85, odds are you will have an aftermarket secondary rail, eliminating the fuel temp sensor that resides in the stock rail. If you convert that signal to read from a 0-5v output from the e85 content sensor and do some math to figure out which temps relate to what voltage, you can figure out how to adjust the injector flow. Settings 2.
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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Well after a lot of thought and some unexpected circumstances, I will be putting the car up for sale.
Trying to figure out a fair price and will be posting an ad soon.
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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sad to hear that, but i hope you get a good price for it.
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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 07:09 AM
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what happened to this ??
dude , you are still my hero !!!
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by felix_is_alive
what happened to this ??
dude , you are still my hero !!!
Still have the car, it has been in storage for the winter here in MN.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 04:10 AM
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more pictures and videos, please
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 08:43 PM
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Ken,
Sorry to see you have to sell it especially under the current conditions you find yourself in. I hope everything works out for the best and hopefully you will get another down the road.

Best of luck.
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