SMC Enterprises Alcohol kit...

[vlaar]

First off, ordering from www.smcenterprises.com is a great experience to say the least. Steve is very customer oriented and eager to help out. I asked him about what kind of alcohol to run, etc. For my application, he said to start out with 100% denatured alcohol found at any hardware store for around 9 bucks. He said throughout the years, most guys have had the best success with pure alcohol. Another good option for some has been a 70% alcohol to 30% ratio of distilled water. The kits they sell are primarily made for the Buick GN guys. But through word of mouth, more sport compact guys are becoming aware of these great kits. The base price for the complete kit is $399 plus $10 dollars shipping. There are two options to upgrade to if you find the need. The boost variable control function ($100 option) allows us to steadily increase the alcohol linearly with boost. This prevents any bogging of sort that some 4 cylinder cars experience. The other option ($100) is a MAF function. I have ECU mods/MAFT so I didn't need this. I will opt for the boost variable function if need be. I will keep everyone updated on how the install goes and the performance I get. FYI, he sent me two nozzles (#10 and #15) to work with. He said I should be fine with the 10 since I'm running 21 psi currently, but don't plan on going past 22 since the is the limit basically of a unported/unclipped 16G. Cooling plus 'higher octane' equals the two great benefits of alcohol

Kevin

 

[el aguila]

Keep us updated and let us know how the install goes.

Off topic, but what are your duty cycles looking like with the 650's at 21psi and have you run into any timing problems like those guys who run large injectors? I'm looking into 580s or FIC 650s soon.

 

[vlaar]

I logged my injector duty cycles the other day and was happy. The highest they reached was 76% They also were as low as 65% at certain rpms. I don't have any problems with these injectors since I have stage 3 (injector compensation) ECU mods from www.dsmchips.com Just get 650 or 660 injectors. That way you have more fuel to work with and your duty cycles will be lower. I know a guy running low 11's on race gas with 660's--forget which turbo he was running.

 

[98spydert]

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[nanokpsi]

any updates on this?? I might be going this way as well.

 

[vlaar]

I like the alcohol but really can't "feel" the full effect since I still have the stock sidemount intercooler. I probably should have gone with a bigger intercooler but I didn't want to spend 800 bux (or more) on a kit. The alcohol kit is nice though.

 

[00 Agent]

I have one of those kits freshly installed on my car too. It hasn't run yet though, just finished a JDM swap and still waiting on a couple parts. What psi do you have yours set to start spraying?

 

[vlaar]

Around 9psi, it starts spraying. I've been having headgasket (pushing coolant) problems for the past month or so, so I've had to take it easy with my lead foot Can't wait to put a new head and headgasket on and start "tuning" with the alcohol again

Kevin