Results will be posted when ready.
The loading for the dyno run would spool a stock turbo quickly, with ethanol even quicker... The W1, again, spools up much later, so it's not going to do so upon dyno loading at such a low RPM. Their may be information out there regarding setup and operation of the dynapack dyno if you want to dig deeper, but this is very off topic here.
Thanks. I am just trying to understand what ethanol would do to the torque and responsiveness when driving intown. I have a flex fuel kit coming in the mail today so I guess I will soon find out. With gas driving around town it is just a 1.5L if I let the revs drop. Thinking about maybe a W1 turbo upgrade next year, but am worried about the turbo lag in town. Trapped in the heart of Houston. LOL
I know I have had to change my cruising RPM quite a bit to be able to get that on demand power if I need it, but it still does pretty well pre-boost. It's a snappy little engine with a proper tune on it!
From the chart that Ktuner posted, it looks like it's mixed with pump to E38.
Mix pump and ethanol. Ktuner, the tune, is tuned best results for 37%-38%. I’m running ethanol and had 80% E85 once, did a WOT and my engine pulled a PO0087 code, completely cut throttle from 5500RPM and rev no more than 2k RPM. Actually thought I blew something at that second haha but it was a code saying my fuel lines couldn’t deliver the asked Fuel. But the point is, don’t go more than 50% ethanol WITH Ktuner. Hondata is tuned for E85 but Ktuner’s tune is said to lose power with more than what you need for ethanol. You’ll need to adjust the fuel table if you want to run E85 with Ktuner.
I wouldn't run E85 regardless on these direct injection cars for now.
unfortunately there is a group of people running around telling everyone its ok to run full e85 and that only one company can do it. Well if you really want to run full e85, go for it, but get tuned for it and be ready for your car to run like doodoo. They also say 12.9 AFR on e85 is safe....
If you tune properly for E80 or E85 and stay within the limits of the fuel system then you're fine to use KTuner to do so.
I’m very new to modifying cars. Did a bit of research and couldn’t find any started guide nor in-dept reviews for the CivicX beside finding product and reading it’s capable of this and that. I first installed flex fuel thinking I can run straight E85 and using Ktuner, until I did a bit more research to found out information about the tune and stuff.
The dyno sheet on the previous page shows 340whp on an E38 blend.
Hopefully base 1.5t will handle that!
Probably a little less.
