E85 conversion

[stmitch]

Stellite valves for corrosion resistance? I'm in the final parts accquisition phase of a built/supercharged, flex fuel 3.0, and if these valves have me interested. Where are you planning on getting these?

 

[evanesce69]

valves and stuff

I have a link for the vales, but it is at home,

as far as E85 and standard engines are concerned... not a good combination... E85 requires a hardened seat and exhaust valve. standard magnetic valves will not work... too much iron, stellite is a cobalt chromium alloy that is face welded onto the exhaust valve and then "coined" in. It has excellent corrosion resistance. this alloy is nonmagnetic....

if you can pick up your exhaust valve with a magnet, it won't last over time.


yes it could be true that an incorrect fuel mixture, stoichiometrically speaking, can destroy and engine, I took into account the extra fuel needed. yes simply slapping in 19# injector is not a long term solution, but they are a necessary upgrade because the extra E85 needed to make the stoic is beyond the capabilities of 14# injectors. It's crude, but it works... for now.

I will definitely look into the pro racer package you mentioned. Haven't looked at it yet, but yes the fuel curve should be held in strict tolerances.

i ran this 3.0L on regular pump fuel and 19# injectors for a year and checked exhaust valves via disassembly... all good, then ran a 40% mixture of EtOH and 87/89 pump fuel till she finally let go.... again about a year....

the same burnt valve issues as before showed up again just recently.... the current and previous heads are/were 49cc non FFV heads.

I'm sticking with this stock engine that i just put in until spring cause i don't want to be out in the cold again..... I'll be making the mods that I mentioned in a previous post to the engine i just took out over the winter...

 

[McCormack]

Next thing you know they're reading Thomas Jefferson and foreign newspapers, opposing optional wars, demanding lower taxes, and not believing there's a tewowist under every bed... can't have that.

Please, this a Ford Ranger forum, not a place to espouse misguided political views. Keep them to yourself.

 

[evanesce69]

there's alcohol under my bed.....

and it was kinda on subject, i mean alcohol was outlawed then reinstated by the feds, it just that now we have to jump through hoops to make it for our vehicle, denatured that is....

yes i am a chemist at an ethanol plant.... I help make the stuff we burn in our vehicles every day, E10,E20,E30 and E85....


the alcohol at least, if gets shipped off and blended elsewhere....


besides i think he was poking at me.... a well deserved poke is you follow the timeline of the thread

 

[fixizin]

Someone's missin' duh Big Picture...

Please, this a Ford Ranger forum, not a place to espouse misguided political views. Keep them to yourself.

MISguided? LOL... you slay me with yer I-B-skeered/skewed humor.

You probably think gun control is about guns, right? Stop, yer killin' me over here.

 

[fixizin]

EXHAUST valves...?

ev69, glad to see you're still on the job!

SO... are you saying the 3.0L FFV Rangers (V-vin designation) ship from the factory with different exhaust valves (in their different heads) than the std. U-vin mills?... or did I miss a beat in the 3-year hiatus?

Rock on!

 

[McCormack]

You probably think gun control is about guns, right?

Huh. Apparently you're still not getting it, so perhaps I can dumb it down for you... this is a forum about Ford Rangers, not your misguided views on gun control and what-not, so please show some respect for the participants of this forum and keep your misguided views to yourself. There are plenty of politically-based forums sites on the web where you can spew your nonsense to your hearts content, so if you're feeling the need to make yourself heard, then go to one of those sites.

Is that clear enough for you? Or shall I simplify it even more? And please, give us more of the rolling on the ground laughing icons... that's very mature of you. What are you still in junior high?

 

[fixizin]

Huh. ... this is a forum about Ford Rangers, not your misguided views on gun control and what-not...

SO... what you're saying is... YOU believe Duh Gov has a legitimate interest in CONtrolling a private individual, if they simply want to:

a) distill naturally occurring, legally-obtained bio-mass into alchohol;
and/or
b) burn said alcohol as fuel in their Ford Ranger?

Oh, wait... you... WORK for Duh Gov, right? (Or Big Oil?) Juicy bennies and pension? Tow the line, be on time?... well, tow the line anyway.

 

[ryan]

Please keep the thread on topic, politics can go in the tailgate

 

[McCormack]

Please keep the thread on topic, politics can go in the tailgate

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