Qld - Merlin Tuning, 2013

merlin · Postby **merlin** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:30 pm

You wont get better fuel economy with E85 fuel (thats 85% ethanol content, 15% petrol). But it is a much better fuel for high compression engines than pump 98 RON petrol.

Neon · Postby **Neon** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:36 pm

edited my last reply mate

I cant wait to make mine high compression in the next... 100 years haha

merlin · Postby **merlin** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:51 pm

there are plenty of hi-compression daily driven cars out, eg check the specs on a BMW.

The 4B11 Lancer stock compression is quite a bit higher than what Mitsu cars were even 10 years ago. Good engine management allows these engines to run on crappy 91 pump, but they really want something better.

I am sure there would have been a lot less blown Mitsu Satun engines (LA Lancer) 30 years ago if we had or knew about E85.

And so we progress.

Neon · Postby **Neon** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:54 pm

I was running nothing but E10 for ages.. yes I know, no good for my car and such.. but it seemed to run better and didnt smell anywhere near as bad as it does now i have gone back to running 98 RON

el3ment · Postby **el3ment** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:56 am

Luke... Running E10 on an untuned car for it actually runs worse / uses more fuel. I noticed that when I used it in my Magna back in the days.. fuel economy was shit with it. Never used it again. I would tune to 98 fuel.. You should see around 5 - 10kw gains from that

NoiseMaker · Postby **NoiseMaker** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:07 pm

definately keen for this tune!! let us know prices n stuff

Chill · Postby **Chill** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:59 pm

Are there any dyno sheets from before and after the tunes. Just be interesting to see what gains are achievable from these motors.

sleeper · Postby **sleeper** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:37 am

theres no dyno involved so no dyno sheets, this is road tuning.

bradsp1 · Postby **bradsp1** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:38 am

Are there any data logs of before and after tuning

rokpapaziz · Postby **rokpapaziz** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:19 am

There are some virtual dyno plots in

http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=6523

and this one

http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=7328
You'll probably need to be premium member to view the ECU Tuning topics.

basically the 2l will go from around 75-80kw to 100kw at the wheels.

2.4l will go from 100 to 118kw atw.

CVT's will not make as much power, but will still gain.

The biggest gain will be low rpm torque increase where you can use the power.

Chill · Postby **Chill** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:58 am

Sound good on those results. Are we still looking at the end of May or early June. Where do they organise these tunes?

sleeper · Postby **sleeper** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:06 am

near the airport, we set up in the DFO carpark

sleeper · Postby **sleeper** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:07 am

dates and price you`ll have to wait for merlins advice.

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