Author: <span>Brian McPherson</span>

Preparing for the wideband install

Instead of getting a new bung drilled in the exhaust, I’ve decided to go the route of using the new wideband with the narrowband emulator and just replace the narrowband. Unfortunately, in order to do this the ‘right’ way, I have to get a new male connector to match the one on the original O2…


Colder plugs

I put some cheapo autolite spark plugs in the car today because they are a step colder than the stock temp ones. It seemed to completely eliminate the hesitation I’ve been feeling when the car is already warmed up, but I haven’t gotten to put many miles on them yet. I’m really interested to see…


Cold start issues

So, it’s been a bit since my last post, but a lot has happened in the past couple weeks. I’ve had a few tanks of just E85 go in so at this point it’s getting fairly close to pure E85. Cold starts have been a serious issue when the temp out is below 65F or…


A few days pass

So, two days after having to drain the engine of water it ingested because of A2DOT breaking a water main, the car seems to be ‘happy’ again. I unfortunately had to put 93 octane gas into the tank last night because I still don’t know where enough E85 stations are everywhere. I need to make…


First tank impressions

Well, now that I’ve officially ran down a full tank rather than adding to it when I feel uncomfortable about the availability of E85 on a trip, I can write down some thoughts about it. First off, yes, I saw quite a mileage decrease over 93 octane fuel. This was to be expected. I’m estimating…


Cobalt SS E85 conversion

So I’ve had the thought for a few years to convert my car to run on E85 rather than 93 octane fuel. I finally got the ambition to try it out, so I ordered a set of 80#/hr injectors and installed them. I’ve been using my hptuners device to flash and calibrate the car to…