Thread: 500 Caddy/G Body Swap
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08-15-2009 06:34 AM #1
".... Ethanol does not like heat, Mike!!!! ....."
As I'm finding out Dave. Doing the return line on this build does not bother me that much as the fuel system will be part of the overall build and done in conjunction with everything else. It's having to back into cars that are “done” (primarily the 57 Plymouth and the 76 Dodge truck) and retrofitting return lines and taps into the tank for the fuel to go to.
If I remember what I read correctly they were talking about raising the ethanol level to 15 or 20%. From what I’m seeing it would almost make the Plymouth and Dodge undrivable in the summer without adding the return lines (not to mention the performance/mileage losses even with retuning).
A lot of guys here are starting to build E85 specific vehicles right now, but I personally am not quite ready to make that jump yet, although on the this swap I will be looking at things to make the conversion down the road easier should I be forced to go that route at some point.I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved..... 






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