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Carl's Road Racer

Reply #30 –
So... the car started running lean and I couldnt figure out why. Come to find out, my strainer tore and a bunch of dirt clogged up the pump. I cleaned it out and the car is running better than ever. Put some E85 in to take advantage of the new lines and injectors. Ive picked up a substantial amount of horsepower.
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #31 –
2011 Parts List Update

Things I have left to buy

Boport Stage 3 Head $1250.00
http://www.bo-port.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=72

Boport Stage 3 Ported Upper/Lower Intake Manifolds $425.00
http://www.bo-port.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=13

Stinger PIMP ECU w/Tuner Studio $670.00
http://www.stinger-performance.com/universalparts.html

Short Throw Shifter $75.00
http://www.stinger-performance.com/suspensionparts.html

Roll Cage $2000

2004 Mach 1 Mustang 8.8 rear with 11.5 Vented Disks ABS 355 Gears $800

Cobra 13in Front Brake Conversion $400

Aeromotive A1000 Fuel Cell $800

Chuck's Motor Mounts


Things I have already bought

Innovative Wideband
Stinger Intercooler Piping and Big NPR Front Mount Intercooler *installed*
Holset HX35 with Billet Wheel Oil/Water Cooled Center
Hallman Manual Boost Controller *installed*
Corbeau Racing Seats *installed*
E85 Fuel Lines *installed*
Lucas 120lb Injectors
Boport 1.9 Cam
Spec Stage 3+ Clutch *installed*
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #32 –
Nice!  Have you taken it to the track lately?  I'm sure you would beat tyour 15.8 time.

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #33 –
Unfortunately I have not had time.  Another thing is I think the Walbro is dying because it's still running lean on pump gas.  Sometimes it will run fine and other times it leans out.  There is probably a bunch of dirt that got in the pump.
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #34 –
Some of the recent work I've done

Rebuilt all injectors, cleaned fuel rail, installed Kirban FPR



New flywheel and pilot bearing



SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch Installed



Bellhousing cleaned and installed



Just a recent pic of the bird :)

2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #35 –
Ordered an Aeromotive Stealth 340lph.  Should be in by wed or thur. :)
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #36 –
Welp... my fuel rail just cracked... right below the fpr. Is this common?
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #37 –
I crimped my fuel line, and am going to finally run E-85 lines the entire length of the car.  (before I only had E-85 to replace the non metal line)

2 Questions.

How many feet of line do I need to accomidate the feed and return line?

What size should I go with to support 300-500whp? On an Evo site I read 3/8th for feed and 1/2 for return is good. Can the feed and return both be the same size?

Sorry for not posting in a while. I was hybernating this winter!
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #38 –
Why run a smaller feed line than return?? I'm thinking that with running E-85 you'll need the bigger feed line. Someone should chime in that would know more about that than me as I'm toying with the idea of running E-85 all the time but haven't figured out what I need either, besides, I'm not that far along.


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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Carl's Road Racer

Reply #39 –
wait.. what?! 1/2" return line?! 1/4" is more realistic, but that's too small if you ask me.. 300-500hp will live happily with a 3/8" feed and return line.. i think what you may have stumbled across was for a turbo's oil lines.. that's the only sense i can make of 3/8 feed and 1/2 return
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #40 –
Oops... I meant to put a 1/4 return line in my question.  Not 1/2.  Either way it doesn't matter.  I just installed 3/8 for feed and return.
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #41 –
with 3/8 feed and return, you should be in good shape.. i don't remember, but i think these cars came with 5/16" feed lines and they're 'ok' up to about 350hp or so.. some people squeeze more than that out of them
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #42 –
Quote from: Shadow;385589
with 3/8 feed and return, you should be in good shape.. i don't remember, but i think these cars came with 5/16" feed lines and they're 'ok' up to about 350hp or so.. some people squeeze more than that out of them

The lines I am using now are temporary until I decide on a path for 3/8 steel lines. 

With the Aeromotive 340 now installed, I am going to experiment with full E85 and a 50/50 mixture.  Mess around with fuel pressure... etc.  I should have the right combo by the end of the weekend.  Mind you, this is also temporary until I install my 120lb hr injectors and Standalone ECU.  Then I should be able to run full E-85 on full Boost.

I will post some install pics tomorrow.
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #43 –
I was just reading in the May 2012 MM&FF an article that when running E-85 that you basically need to increase the size of the feed/return lines due to the fact that you need a larger volume of E-85 compared to the size needed for gas at a given hp level, that's because of the lower energy output of the ethanol compared to gas. As far as fuel mileage goes, I can live with a 20 - 30% decrease in mileage over the higher price of 93 octane.


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

“Heavy Metal Mistress”
[/COLOR][/SIZE]

Carl's Road Racer

Reply #44 –
Quote from: 1BadBird;385614
I was just reading in the May 2012 MM&FF an article that when running E-85 that you basically need to increase the size of the feed/return lines due to the fact that you need a larger volume of E-85 compared to the size needed for gas at a given hp level, that's because of the lower energy output of the ethanol compared to gas. As far as fuel mileage goes, I can live with a 20 - 30% decrease in mileage over the higher price of 93 octane.

 
I have personally seen 75WHP gains from a good E-85 tune.  There are several hurdles if you want to see those gains.  ECU needs to be aftermarket or mapped for E-85.  Injectors need to be approaching 1000cc or better.  Fuel lines need to be 3/8 or better.
2013 Focus (Daily)
1968 Cougar XR7
1987 Turbo Coupe
5 Speed, Stock IHI, Aeromotive 340LPH, Stinger 3in DP w/Magnaflow 3in Race Series ler, Hallman Boost Controller, Corbeau Fixed Back Racing Seats, Rebuilt 35# Injectors, Kirban AFPR, Stinger's Front Mount Piping w/Big NPR Front Mount IC, 3/8 E-85 Fuel Lines, SPEC Stage 3+ Clutch, Explorer 4.0 Dual Core Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery
1988 Turbo Coupe (RIP)
1984 Cougar (RIP) :cougarsmily:
1986 Cougar XR7 5 Speed.  (sold)