Code Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I’ve had e78+ around Pittsburgh. I’d bet our year-round average is over e70 in my area. "Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." - Bill Shakespeare - car modder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyGT007 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I wish it was that way here, but being further North the E content drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 If the gas station says e85, does that mean the ethanol content can vary? Or do your gas stations say E78 or E65? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 No. E85 from the pump is never truly 85% unless you’re buying it direct from a specialty supplier. It varies wildly between stations as well as seasons. Winter blend gets less alcohol. Even at that I’ve never remember seeing anything below the upper 60% ish in my area. This is part of the convenience of the flexfuel kit. You don’t have to worry if you get a low e%, the tune will be adjusted to be safe. So no sitting at a gas station with a beaker checking ethanol content the old fashioned way and loading a tune. 2 "Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." - Bill Shakespeare - car modder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Guess its time to find out what my local station is providing. When they tuned it, they had 5 gallon jugs of fuel that was definitely special order, I didn't really pay much attention but it wasn't like they went to a gas station and filled up some jugs, it was probably 85% or more, I had between a quarter to half tank and they topped it off with this fuel and it went to 79%, so it was probably some race blend with a high percentage of e85 or a true 85%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 They did the same on my car. Tuned on 93oct down to about 1/4 tank and then filled her up from a drum of the good stuff. 2 "Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." - Bill Shakespeare - car modder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyGT007 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I brought 15 gallons my from the gas station down the road from me. I was directed to only have a 1/4 tank of 93 and to bring 15 gallons with me. They pumped out the remaining 93 before adding the E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 And I somehow managed to blow both my amps..... no idea how both went. Looks like the 4 gauge wire came out the sub amp and shorted everything. I have a main 0 or 2 gauge wire from the battery to a distribution block which powers my amps and fuel pump. Fuel pump is fine, cause the car starts. I actually broke out the multimeter and everything has 14 volts including the signal wire, so they are getting power..... god damnit, now i gotta buy 2 new amps...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyGT007 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Probably blew the power transistors/FETS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 900 dollars for some new amps.... smh. At least it will be louder lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 What amps did you blow? I've seen some decent amps on the down4sound website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) The owner of this site is a bass head. I used to watch him on Youtube a looong time ago. I would trust getting his own amp brand. Although, I have not bought any of these yet, as I have yet to reinstall my D3000.1 MMATS amp. Still rocking a 4.1 channel Phoenix Gold amp. Not super strong (800W for the sub channel) but not too bad. Edited February 21 by xt2005bonbon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyGT007 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 You could always repair them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 I ordered from Amazon Rockford Fosgate T1000-1bdCP for my 12" subs, and Pioneer GM-DX874 for the speakers. The stuff that blew up was my Rockford fosgate t500 1bd and MTX THUNDER75.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 14 minutes ago, LegacyGT007 said: You could always repair them. It's true. You could always repair them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackobxt Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Send em my way lol. I used to have a massive collection of blown amps from when I ran the stereo shop. Like literally 40 or 50 of them. Over the years they have mostly disappeared somehow. Either my wife started secretly throwing them away or friends have “borrowed” them only to find they needed repaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 I'm not very good with fixing boards and things of that nature, and I don't know where I would go to get them fixed. People/Shops that fix electronics seems to be a dying market. I'm right there with ya, I have a pile of old amps spanning like 20 years lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 Looks like its not the amps. The new ones don't turn on either. Tried running a signal line directly from battery, still nothing. Changed the main 200 amp fuse, nothing. I don't know whats going on, anyone have any ideas? I hope I don't have to re run a new main 0/2 gauge wire. Cause the only thing I can think of is the wiring at this point. How can you test a wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Check the wire resistance with an Ohm meter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyGT007 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Definitely a continuity test will tell you the resistance or voltage of the wire. Any switches in between? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 No switches in between. Just checked the resistance and its .8 so theres no break I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 Or is .8 to high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehnation Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 So I used an unused 4 gauge wire, ran it straight from battery, and nothing. Also, I disconnected the main line which is distributed to my fuel pump as well and the car wont start, so its power the fuel pump. The only difference here is the ground wire. Thats the only thing I can think of at this point, its not a power issue, gotta be a ground..... cross my fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino6303 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 11 minutes ago, Tehnation said: Or is .8 to high? Need more context here...units? Measuring resistance in ohms or just continuity? 0.8 ohms? 0.8kohms? Are you just using the continuity setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Probably 0.8 ohm. Assumption though. if that's the case, that's fine. Check the ground wire now. How about the ACC wire that turns on the amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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