| The following manual comes from White Lightning E85 ethanol conversion kits. It shows how easy it is to convert a conventional, unleaded vehicle over to run on E85 (85% ethanol with 15% unleaded fuel mixture). | |
| STEP 1 Locate the car’s fuel injectors. (Note: If you can not see the fuel injectors, the car’s plenum must be removed. While this is a simple and quick procedure, we recommend that a certified mechanic do the installation.) |
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| STEP 2 Disconnect the car’s fuel injectors. |
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| STEP 3 Note the male and female connectors of the White Lightning unit (female pictured on the left; male is on the right) |
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| STEP 4 Plug the White Lightning female connector into the car’s male fuel injector. Then plug the corresponding White Lightning male connector into the car’s female fuel injector (repeat this process for all of your car's injectors). |
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| STEP 5 Connect the Black Ground Wire to the negative terminal on the battery, the engine or the firewall, by removing the screw from the battery, engine, or firewall. Thread the 1 or 2 eyelets (1 for 4-cylinder kits; 2 for 6 & 8-cylinder kits) with the screw before re-screwing. |
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| STEP 6 Be sure all of the vehicle injectors and White Lightning connectors are securely connected. Then attach the White Lightning box to any location where the box can be secured using the enclosed tie straps, but at least 12 inches from any exhaust components. |
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| STEP 7 The installation is now completed. However, we recommend that you drive your vehicle on straight petrol for at least 100 Km. As long as the 'check engine' light does not come on after 100 Km, your vehicle is now ready for E85. (Note: If your 'check engine' light does come on, see the “Troubleshooting” section below) TROUBLESHOOTING In some cases, a 'check engine' light will illuminate on your car’s dashboard. This indicator does not pose any potential harm to your vehicle and there is no problem with continuing to drive while this light is on. To correct this problem, the White Lightning system has a potentiometer located on the inside of the box for rich/lean adjustments. Simply unscrew the 4 screws on the top of the box to access the potentiometer (the white & blue dial located on the bottom of the circuit board, directly below the code starting with “E85”). You will notice that the range is from 0 - 10. 0 being the most lean setting; 10 being the most rich. All units are shipped in the position of number 5. Check Engine Light (during 1st 60 miles): If your 'check engine' light appears during the first 60 miles on petrol only, the setting is too rich for your car. Adjust the potentiometer to a lower setting between 3 - 4, and repeat Step 7 (including driving on gas only for 100km), before fuelling with E85. Check Engine Light (on E85): If your 'check engine' light appears while running on E85, the setting is too lean. Adjust the potentiometer to a higher setting between 6 - 7. Finding the optimum setting for the potentiometer, is a one time adjustment and will not require continual adjustments for running on petrol or ethanol. | |
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said this on 25 Jul 2008 7:49:43 AM CST
do you know any reason why you could or could not run an xr6 turbo on e85 with a conversion kit installed?
How much do the kits cost? Are you aware of the fuelstar canister which adds tin to the burning process? |
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said this on 27 Jul 2008 6:55:19 AM CST
Yes the Ford XR6 is compatible with ethanol (in fact most fords built after 1986 are ethanol compatible) and so you can convert it to run on E85. Being a Turbo you should also see some noticeable increase in power from the higher octan that E85 offers over unleaded.
You are looking at about $450 delivered for the 6 cylinder unit and the average auto electrician should be able to install the unit in 15~ 20 minutes. If you have basic auto mechanic skills you could install it yourself. Please make sure that you check your injector plugs before ordering so that you get the right wire harness for your unit. There are only 6 major pugs used world wide so identification should be reasonable easy. We would be very interested to hear about how your conversion goes as the expectation of a V6 with a turbo should really work well on E85; I have reports of some turbo vehicles getting even better mileage as well as better power from E85 conversions. I had a quick look at the Fuel Star Canister website which looks interesting, I will do some more research for my own personal knowledge there are a growing number of solutions to increase the efficiency of fuel combustion in engines entering the market today and this is not the first that I have seen. The idea of adding a canister to the fuel line just to introduce an additive to the fuel seams a little excessive when it could be added each time you fill your tank. One product that has been on the market for many years now is Omstar D-1280X which has been used and tested by the armed forces and other government bodes. It is used in ocean liners, diesel trains, trucks, buses, fleets etc as well as cars. It has similar if not better results that stated for Fuel Star Canister and it is a simple additive that you mix in with your fuel. If you have any more questions we are here to help. The team at FlexFuelKit.com.au. |
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