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Gains from E85 (ethanol) on an N/A bolt on 370Z

Originally Posted by lj909 If your going to stay N/A and do a full build with ethanol, then raise your compression ratio as well to take better advantage of the

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Old 09-19-2015, 04:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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If your going to stay N/A and do a full build with ethanol, then raise your compression ratio as well to take better advantage of the ethanol.

I think if 1slowz had raised his c/r and did ethanol he might have come very close or breached 400whp
Which is exactly why my engine build is planned around 14:1 compression - that alone should provide a healthy torque increase and the cams will shift the torque up the rev-range and improve HP
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