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Subject:Re: What about E15?
From:Robert Stevens
Date:Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:28:04 -0700

On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Richard Koerner wrote:

> Yet another reason (coolant plumbing design fiasco, old and tired electronic modules) for me to be thinking Subie 2.2 conversion...I'm guessing that it would handle E15 better than an old VW waterboxer....anybody know?
What I'm "pretty sure" the OBD11 ECU DOES do is use the 3 O2 sensors and how the engine is running to adjust timing in all conditions. I don't notice any difference in performance in any travel conditions
using 87 or 91 octane, no ping, no nuttin.

Bob
H6 3.0