Originally Posted by
homemade wrx
I really don't see any performance benefits...like I had said, it is wise chess game played by the oil companies and gov't alike. It was sold to be better on emissions, which it is, but at what trade off? I personally don't think it is worth it. I know many people who have ka24's and RX7's here (VA now) and no issues at all. I'd say its your car (check plugs and temps). Tune up time? My best friend had an 84 RX7 and never had an issue with it on e10. Yes, the cars will go down in performance, slightly on e10. My butt dyno didn't notice my 6 whp loss on the same tune (at the time the daily was only 218 on our shop mustang). Tuned up and couldn't get 1 hp back at the same boost.
Shit, my old beat as 1980 SR5 corolla doesn't have an issue with it.
I'm am curios as to what the fuel temps are getting up to down there? you guys still only in the 80's? temp has been one reason FL (and parts of texas) has waited so long to swap over.
I'm really curious as to why you guys are having issues?...let me know how your plugs look, gap and temp range.
I am more than up to date on my tune-ups. When I first got my car a while back, it had the stock, from the factory o2 sensor all busted up and exploded, old plugs, leading and trailing wires were in the wrong places, old oil, what I swear was probably fluid from the factory in the diff and tranny, and I still didn't get as much of an impact on gas mileage that e10 has.
On normal gas, in normal driving conditions, no beating on it, not going over 2500 rpms (seriously), I would be getting 275 miles to a tank. On E10 I get 240-250
You guys can argue all you want, tell me to tune my shit up and get it checked out. Or tell me to spend oodles of my fucking money putting in high compression rotors, boost it, and tuning it, and get over it. I'm sorry, but it's not worth my god damn time or the effort. I like my fucking NA car. And I want my fucking regular gas.