What did you do for your Terminator today?

[2003RedfireVert]

Been on corn since 2016. No issues, and I would never go back. I average 1k-1500 miles a year. Car sits 6-8 months straight all winter and have no issues firing right up in the spring. I run a vented catch can, drain the condensation out of it every time I take the car out. Besides that, nothing out of the ordinary besides basic maintenance…. Oil change every year, clean the fuel filter too.

I’ve got a friend that had gone 2 years without running the car on corn and still fired up fine. Anyone who tells you not to run corn doesn’t know anything and I wouldn’t listen to them. Does it burn more fuel, yes. Is it worth it for 100-150 more HP, yes. Is E85 safer, yes. Does it smell good out the exhaust, yes.

I fill 8 VP cans at a time. Sometimes I store it for 8 months in the sealed cans. Still tests the same and has no effect on how she runs.

This.

 

[stangfreak]

Been on corn since 2016. No issues, and I would never go back. I average 1k-1500 miles a year. Car sits 6-8 months straight all winter and have no issues firing right up in the spring. I run a vented catch can, drain the condensation out of it every time I take the car out. Besides that, nothing out of the ordinary besides basic maintenance…. Oil change every year, clean the fuel filter too.

I’ve got a friend that had gone 2 years without running the car on corn and still fired up fine. Anyone who tells you not to run corn doesn’t know anything and I wouldn’t listen to them. Does it burn more fuel, yes. Is it worth it for 100-150 more HP, yes. Is E85 safer, yes. Does it smell good out the exhaust, yes.

I fill 8 VP cans at a time. Sometimes I store it for 8 months in the sealed cans. Still tests the same and has no effect on how she runs.

Its just weird that VP racing told me not to run it if my car sits. But then you have others that say its fine. Do you think the hp and tq gains will be a huge difference compared to MS109?

 

[01yellercobra]

All this talk about the DYAD's is making me slightly regret my RXT purchase

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I've got around 20k on my RXT. No complaints.

 

[01yellercobra]

Its just weird that VP racing told me not to run it if my car sits. But then you have others that say its fine. Do you think the hp and tq gains will be a huge difference compared to MS109?

On the flip side they have to plan for the people that throw it in their 30 year old POS with stock rubber lines and original injectors. I'm sure it's hard on carbs and such that aren't made to handle it.

I will say being full flex makes life easier. But my buddy is pretty much full time E85 on a stock ECU with no issues.

 

[blwn89gt]

I’m definitely considering it. Only way I’d do it is if I went MS3 and did the flex sensor. I already did the proper lines, filter, injectors and pumps to run it.


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[stangfreak]

I’m definitely considering it. Only way I’d do it is if I went MS3 and did the flex sensor. I already did the proper lines, filter, injectors and pumps to run it.


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If we go MS3, not sure we can pass emissions

 

[stangfreak]

On the flip side they have to plan for the people that throw it in their 30 year old POS with stock rubber lines and original injectors. I'm sure it's hard on carbs and such that aren't made to handle it.

I will say being full flex makes life easier. But my buddy is pretty much full time E85 on a stock ECU with no issues.

what injectors are you guys running? I got ID1000's

 

[blwn89gt]

If we go MS3, not sure we can pass emissions

That was my other question. I’d have to get the car tuned with my sct. Save that and the ecu and swap it out each year to pass emissions. I hate NY so much.


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[2003RedfireVert]

what injectors are you guys running? I got ID1000's

I’m at 670w with Ford 80lbsers. They Are pretty much maxed out though.

 

[stangfreak]

That was my other question. I’d have to get the car tuned with my sct. Save that and the ecu and swap it out each year to pass emissions. I hate NY so much.


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NY sucks big time. so the megasquirt has a built in flex sensor?

 

[stangfreak]

I’m at 670w with Ford 80lbsers. They Are pretty much maxed out though.

yea I wonder if I have to go with the ID1300's for my goals. They are crazy expensive though.

 

[01yellercobra]

what injectors are you guys running? I got ID1000's

I'm running ID1050's and they're pretty much maxed. I saw 90% duty cycle on my last log. Though I'm only at 40psi base fuel pressure so I can bump it up to get some breathing room.

yea I wonder if I have to go with the ID1300's for my goals. They are crazy expensive though.

Look into FIC 1200's. That's one of the brands I'm considering for my next injector. I tuned a set of 775's on my son's car and they were just as nice as the ID's.

 

[01yellercobra]

NY sucks big time. so the megasquirt has a built in flex sensor?

It's not built in. You add a GM flex sensor in line somewhere and then connect it to the MS3.

 

[stangfreak]

I'm running ID1050's and they're pretty much maxed. I saw 90% duty cycle on my last log. Though I'm only at 40psi base fuel pressure so I can bump it up to get some breathing room.

Look into FIC 1200's. That's one of the brands I'm considering for my next injector. I tuned a set of 775's on my son's car and they were just as nice as the ID's.

Are the FIC's compatible with all fuel including VP? I know VP uses MTBE

 

[TerminatoRS]

I don't have a DYAD or RXT, but I get an occasional chirp leaving in first too. Mine's just the final chattering clutch grab barking the tires thanks to the Spec 3+ and billet flywheel. lol

 

[01yellercobra]

Are the FIC's compatible with all fuel including VP? I know VP uses MTBE

I don't think I've heard of any injector having issues with MTBE. It's usually ethanol and methanol you need to worry about. I think most aftermarket injectors are made to handle pretty much any fuel nowadays.

 

[1FastFord]

NY sucks big time. so the megasquirt has a built in flex sensor?

it has the capability, was also looking at the holley with the adapter to use stock wiring. My question is, if you ecu swap, do you have to do the sensor re-learn each year and also, with the flex sensor inline, would that throw off anything and set a cel?

I hate NY and its rules

 

[01yellercobra]

it has the capability, was also looking at the holley with the adapter to use stock wiring. My question is, if you ecu swap, do you have to do the sensor re-learn each year and also, with the flex sensor inline, would that throw off anything and set a cel?

I hate NY and its rules

You would have to do the drive cycle to get the monitors ready each time you swap in the stock ECU. That was my original plan. The flex sensor won't throw a CEL as it's not wired into the main harness. It's wired to a spare plug in the back of the MS3. So when running the stock ECU it wouldn't be connected to anything.

I don't remember if the FPDM is tied to anything in the monitors though. I had planned to keep mine in place, but that went out the window with the MS3.

 

[Bullitt1448]

If we go MS3, not sure we can pass emissions

MS3 does not have emissions control

 

[1FastFord]

Yeah we would definitely have to switch in stock ecu


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