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I wish they would make E85 accessible around me. There are two stations within 15 miles.... one is on a military base and not publicly accessible and the other is at some random station that I believe is only for commercial use or something. It would be nice to have the extra cushion especially when I go to the track.
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That sucks. I'm moving to Norfolk in August and the E85 station there is also at a military base... but they made it publicly accessible! w00t.
Today, I was doing some mind street tuning - just cruise, idle control, etc not pulls or anything. My boost solenoid wiring fell apart somewhere - no power to the solenoid. So I turned off boost control. Well, today, driving, the power decided to come back.
...and then I accidentally 27.3psi![Party Kitty](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/birthday[1].gif)
Today, I was doing some mind street tuning - just cruise, idle control, etc not pulls or anything. My boost solenoid wiring fell apart somewhere - no power to the solenoid. So I turned off boost control. Well, today, driving, the power decided to come back.
...and then I accidentally 27.3psi
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Changed AFR target to more E85-like targets (e.g. 12.2 in boost). Went to do some pulls/street tuning at 5am. Checked Virtual Dyno and it says I make exact same power as I did in October on virtually same settings.
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Sounds good to me
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Time to add a buttload more timing!
p.s. increasing target AFR from ~11.7 to ~12.2 lowered my duty cycle 3%. Aw yeah
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car still having issues with battery/alternator. It doesn't seem to keep it's charge when driving the car.
some facts:
- drain on the battery when car is off is 1.5mA which is pretty much nothing
- battery seems to be fine. its a 2 year old BOSCH AGM battery. Left it charging for 15 hours. Went from 11.08V to 12.85V, which is like 95-100% charged for an AGM battery.
- alternator - the voltage while running never gets above 13.6V or so
- I have been mostly driving at night with lights on
So what I think is that the alternator needs to be replaced?
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example: 90A alternator interchange from RockAuto
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