What Happens When You Put E85 in a 4.0L Porsche 964

Maybe there is a reason why it's uncommon to convert air cooled porsches to flex-fuel... Regardless - it's all part of the journey!
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Merry Christmas brother, happy holidays and health to you and your family.

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Merry Christmas!

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I work for the largest ‘restoration’ firm specializing in 964s…cough cough. We notice more power with our (highly optimized) plenums compared to stacks. Stacks look and sound cool, at a sacrifice.

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Surre bud well believe you off of your word. Name company don't be a sissy otherwise it's bs

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id say that adjustable 787 style stacks would be interesting when compared to a plenum

[@kc550]

Stacks + custom carbon box

[@josiahhein6036]

Why not just say how much more power? Because it isn't enough to justify the price tag???

[@ArthurSperotto]

I run my aircooled VW on E85, it's night and day. Twin carbs too, no EFI. Shit's amazing. If you make a "Life's too short for pump gas" shirt, I'll buy it!

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What engine do you have ?

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when you said "9hp down low, oh thats not that much" i died inside... this car is NA not turbocharged. getting 9 horsepower downlow like that is HUGE. you have to remove the stigma of adding 1lb of boost and seeing 20hp gain. NA is a whole different car. NA 200hp vs 210hp is huge. 220 is gigantic.

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Some people pay stupid money for 8hp.

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Just dropped 3k on cams - extra 8hp baby

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Very this.

[@Viralbutnotyet]

As a very unsponsored and not rich 15 Si owner I cant stress this enough. wanting to stay NA and get gains without going crazy is almost non existent. But what happens is a level of refinement that makes a normal car faster than the other normal cars while still remaining normal, Even newer ones.

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[@Sauerbrew777]

The 964 has been an amazing build series! I'd love to see another air-cooled build with some forced induction!

[@dogbitebbq3134]

Working on my LS swap has sent me down a rabbit hole and I have learned that what you’re chasing after with a large injector(besides more fuel) is greater control in regard to injector end angle. The shorter amount of time your injector is spraying gives you more control as to when the injector is spraying in relation to your intake valve opening and closing events.

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Adams content is basically a video forum of set ups. Awesome work LZ

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Hands down the most beautiful car in the fleet 😍

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[@GarDjinn]

Why Fuel Doesn’t Compete with Air Think of the intake manifold as a pipe carrying both air and fuel. When the injector sprays fuel into the air, it doesn’t occupy the space of air; rather, the fuel becomes suspended as droplets or vapor in the moving air. This air-fuel mixture is still primarily composed of air (because the fuel ratio is typically around 14.7 parts air to 1 part fuel in gasoline engines). The injector being open or closed doesn’t change the volume or velocity of the air moving through the manifold. While larger injectors are closed more often, this doesn’t mean there’s “more air” in the intake manifold when they’re closed. Airflow into the manifold is constant and determined by the engine’s throttle position and valve timing. The presence of fuel in the manifold simply creates an air-fuel mixture; it doesn’t replace or reduce air volume.

[@mrblock2013]

There's a lot more science and math in there. You've way oversimplified it.

[@jbrzdy3785]

If there’s gas in the air there’s still less air…

[@jeremyogburn5888]

@@jbrzdy3785 Yeah, but he still needs the same total volume of fuel going into the engine to achieve the same desired AFR. Otherwise in this "big injectors = less fuel in the air" theory, it would run lean. Its just spraying more fuel at once than the smaller injectors would, but the same volume is present.

[@mrblock2013]

@ It likely has to do with burn efficiency. If a larger injector can provide more fuel in a smaller amount of time, you can more precisely open the injector at the perfect timing with the valve opening. If you have a smaller injector, it has to be open for longer which could cause an issue where it has to be opened for longer than the valve is fully open, especially when at high RPMs. This would affect burn efficiency. The downside to larger injectors is they can cause issues with idling because the injectors provide too much fuel even with the smallest firing action. This usually means it won't sustain idle for a long period of time and will stall itself.

[@jeremyogburn5888]

@@mrblock2013 Right, poor atomization at small duty cycle

[@jorge-wh4pf]

5:42 Americans shouldn't be allowed to complain about gas prices

[@M-oneeleven-M111]

These cars are just awesome driving machines and honestly Adam I think the colour choice just makes the car look so good, I think for a N/a car that's a reasonable increase, awesome content as always keep it up

[@mikahonigmann]

Hey Adam, I’ve had problems with flare adapters leaking, I now flare the steel hardline and use an AN nut. Mastercool has a nice handheld hydraulic flare tool, you just need to buy the AN adapters from them separately. It’s easy, leak free and cleaner

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Merry Christmas Adam!!

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This is the content I love from you, smaller jobs with alot of detail into how it's done, very informative and still keeps me intrigued

[@Soundman61]

Basically Adam longer intake runners means more low and midrange gains and torque. Shorter runners more High end hp and narrower power band. More HP at top of rpm range.

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Merry Christmas everybody!!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Adam, Collete and the whole LZ and Drift Works team. Thank you for the amazing content this year and I'm looking forward to the 2025 content.

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Glad we got a video before the holidays thank you ! Happy holidays

[@n8_b123]

We did a lot of E85 conversions on air cooled porsches. Power wise gains were bigger on the high comp/large cam modified stroker motors, the other benefit was that we would see 12-20c lower cylinder head temp, which was a great benefit on the circuit. Larger injectors also allow you the ability to work on fuel timing for fuel for open/closed valve to sometimes get a small power gain. Once injector duty is much over 70%, fuel timing becomes less sensitive

[@JaredSVX]

Watching the tach bounce around while shifting is hilarious.

[@nikolaiylimys]

All fun and games with the fuel comparisons until you realize that ignite red costs 4 dollars a litre so that's about 16 dollars a gallon and your cars consumption shoots up when you're chasing the "perfect setup"

[@RyansResolve]

Do you really think they’re paying full price for that?… cmon, bro.

[@FlyingHippyRacing-q4g]

Adam has had an Ignite sponsor for years man, since they were still on the come up really😂 but its tuned for Pump 85 meaning you dont need the hella expensive ignite Red when you can get pump 85 for less than midgrade at most places

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Merry Christmas, LZ family! Have a safe and happy holiday!

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Adam having to turn down the polish music @ 21:37 is hilarious

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Nightride no doubt giving him some recommendations, lol

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Need to know the song

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@@161gavin Opał x Gibbs - Pod prąd

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Freddie’s mullet is class

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Hey tacho, what revs are we doing? Tacho: Yes

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I strive to have Freddie’s mullet I love it

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Adam and crew, y'all rock! Merry Christmas to you, family, and crew! Peace 🎄🎊🍻💯

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Such a great car, probably my favorite to see up dates on. Happy Holidays!

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Love the air-cooled content!

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The yellow chaser and the r32 sedan are my favorites❤ please use them more

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For me it’s the white chaser and the r32 sedan

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​@@caseyglenn1278 evo4 & white chaser

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Love this build you guys killed it this year congrats

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If this was a Dustin video it would have been the most insane transformation ever

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The blitz on the chacer just makes sense

[@colinhines6375]

Never thought I would hear the day that Canada's gas was spicy lol. I always thought American gas was better then what we had here.

[@tiborpandza8530]

Petro 94 Octane is some of the best pump gasoline you can find in NA

[@g32k]

In Texas we have 93 but majority of places only have 91

[@obezzyjohnson9680]

Yeah same here I live in America myself. Always thought we had the best gas but guess not

[@illmaticfilms4075]

Canadian gas is on par with California gas. It’s trash compared to the east coast in the states

[@colinhines6375]

@g32k We have the same situation. We have 94, but most of them aren't even 94. Just label that to make more money.

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26:20 cheesy or not. What ever gets you to your goals my guy! Keep it up you create awesome vehicles… content too.

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That rpm needle is really happy waving to us, LOL!

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Happy Christmas Adam and team. For a man that has likes stuff working right, the dials in the 996 would spin me out, get them working.

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15:54 that belt is trying to escape lol. Looks like high comp pistons and trumpets are in your future for sure.

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Honestly, my favourite build of 2024.

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@jjonline5917 😂🤢 Vw trash

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What ever happy to the 4th "to be announced" round of the LZ World Tour that was referenced on IG?

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Polytetrafluoroethylene. Gotta love it. Merry Christmas

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i really enjoy the experimental tinkering videos.

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“is that the fool pump ?”😂

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That porsche with a wing will look sick!

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Banger videos. Love this man's content

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Merry Christmas Adam sick Porsche!

[@JimBrodie]

Honest gains plus peace of mind when running into variable ethanol content fuels.

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Pełny bak, no i podróż do nigdzie ❤

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Dokładnie

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Red 2006 Pontiac GTO at 24:37. 😀 Fun, if not forgotten cars.

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Merry Christmas Adam 👊🏽

[@AntoineJra]

That rev hang is nasty

[@stevenoe6395]

I agree the conversation is worth it to keep the detention down if it was just a stock street car then no but me personally stock is not worth it I have to mod everything lol!!!! Killer video I always liked those motors!!!!!!

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i wish i would have followed you sooner, amazing taste in cars and great content! #EVOGANG

[@HellcatDreaminJosh]

Adam LZ Awesome Video I think it's awesome that your Absolutely Gorgeous 964 Carrera 2 made 355WHP and I'm glad you enjoyed your First Drive and Merry Christmas to you your entire team and all of your Subscribers

[@RGHTBrainDesign]

Great Christmas content! From the sound of it and what looks like hesitation, I'd say Injection Timing and all enrichments should be looked at.

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Love your videos mate! 👍🏼

[@JackyNave-z5i]

Love the "unleaded fuel only" label in ignite red. Maybe make a custom gauge that says "red only" Merry Christmas to everyone

[@liammclaughlin5196]

10whp seems like a pretty reasonable gain for ethanol on an NA setup with no other changes(for a street motor). Curious to see how other mods affect it.

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That garage is crazy. I remember when you were afraid to put coil overs on your bmw in that townhouse 😂😂

[@RevSolution4U]

Thanks for doing the R&D! I would LOVE to have 350 WHP in my 964!

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Always appreciate a non RWB 964

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she’s SPICY BOI 🔥

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[@Kodykinns2525]

You could put the two injectors in the bench tester and compare the spray between bigger at lower Duty cycle and smaller at higher Duty cycle

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Definitely keep Paluch and Gibbs on your playlist for Polish rap

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MERRY XMAS HOMIE. HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT START TO 2025

[@Im_helpless]

glad you put music over it, i nearly heard what you were explaining

[@Chummy653]

Every time Adam talks about how good ethanol is I shed a tear as a canadian, rip.

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Time for singer gauges 24:45

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Merry Christmas 🎄

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@17:45 thought Booth was hitting that blunt! 🤣

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Merry Christmas 💫

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We'd be happy to send you our TriboCeramic engine treatments to get even more protection (and lower oil temps) along with a few extra ponies (typically 5-12rwhp).

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Merry Christmas 🎁

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Don't get lazy now. The battery is right there. Get a relay with some heavy wire and use the oem wire as a trigger.

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love this build!

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Threw a like on the vid just cuz of the picanha and the Porsche lol Happy holidays everyone, stay safe!

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Merry Christmas everyone. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@cjwhitlow9523]

(I know this is not the same) but so many people tell me “running e85 in your truck is literally pointless, yeah it’s cheaper but your economy is worse and you’re not making more power” I drive a 2014 gmc Sierra SLT Z71 1500. 5.3L LT, 3.42 rear gear and g80 diff. It is a flex fuel vehicle and I can tell a huge difference in the performance just by running pump e85 vs regular 87. It changes my timing, cylinder temps, and so many other benefits. YES I GET 8 MPG. But who cares lol. I am a huge e85 believer and lover

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Merry christmas yall!

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Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas ‼️‼️

[@aleknive]

Regarding the injector size theory: If a higher impulse time would decreases the potential total volume of fuel, well, with bigger injectors you "would have more fuel" and therefor the mixture would be richer, and with smaller injectors "you'd have less fuel" and a leaner mixture. What I mean is that if you are targeting a mixture of 14 AFR, then, it has to be "x" amount of fuel and "y" amount of air, no matter what. That's my personal take on the discussion, and why I'd not believe the theory.

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You should try and find a beat up old porsche something you wouldnt feel bad cutting up and do a widebody kit full race car make it as crazy as possible

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Merry Christmas🎅

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Adam is amazing

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I think it'd be cool to hear a 6:1 equal length header

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00:52 makes a change from Adam’s seat 😅😂

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This is like the upgrade options in Need for Speed or Forza, but in real life lol. Also I have been listening to some polish rappers also 😂

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That food looked delicious tbh 😮

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Yeah...polish rap music 😃😃👍👍👍🎅 merry Christmas