fuel

[jerseyvixen]

hi
will a ford xflow 1600 run on 70 octane fuel and wot mod needed
thanks

[GreenV8S]

yes

[jerseyvixen]

any mods required long distance rally in mind
thanks

[GreenV8S]

Detonation under power would be the issue. How much of an issue depends on the state of tune, and how much power you're asking. If you're only cruising, it wouldn't matter. If you've got a race tuned engine at full throttle it'll need extraordinary measures to avoid detonation. Are you allowed to use octane booster?

[stevieturbo]

Is it really as low as 70 RON ??

[jerseyvixen]

power is not important but reliability will be. told fuel will be as low as 70 in Mongolia.so can a xflow be built for that purpose
thanks

[GreenV8S]

jerseyvixen said:

power is not important but reliability will be. told fuel will be as low as 70 in Mongolia.so can a xflow be built for that purpose
thanks

Yes, but what are you going to *do* with it while it's running on that fuel? If you detune it to allow full power running it won't go very well, and it will go just as poorly on the higher octane fuel you will have available elsewhere. Is power/performance an issue? If not, consider setting the engine up for the typical fuel and just be aware that you will need to avoid high loads while you're running on rubbish fuel.

[jerseyvixen]

put an inquiry to do peking/paris rally fell at first hurdle told ford xflow wouldn't run on fuel available 70 octane.

[stevieturbo]

SO out of interest....what cars do they say will run ??

Im sure lots of cars take part in this event ??


Id imagine if money wasnt a big problem....any engine could be built to run on the fuel available ??

[Pigeon]

What I'd be inclined to do is try running it on a 70% unleaded / 30% diesel mix (which works out at about 70 octane) and see if it's possible to simply retard the ignition enough to stop it pinking... if not put two head gaskets in it and try again.

[fatjon]

http://www.tetraboost.com/

a couple of gallons of this in the boot and your problems are solved, assuming you don't have cats or a lambda sensor.

Jon