Anyone convert their Baja to run on E85?

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tomato_88
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Anyone convert their Baja to run on E85?

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Just wondering if anyone has done this yet. I have a station about 5 min from my house. As gas prices rise it looks more and more tempting.
bulwnkl
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Re: Anyone convert their Baja to run on E85?

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I've run my '05 turbo on E-85 before. Just don't ever try WOT and you won't even get a CEL/MIL. The turbo Baja's EJ-255 _almost_ has enough ECU authority to run it as-is. Not quite, though. The turbo engine's low static compression ratio does make cold idle pretty low, and sometimes it'll die. Once you pull away and/or it warms up some, I had no issues. Smells like a still when it's idling, too...
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