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This paper presents the summary of the development of a two-phase spray model of a hollow-cone fuel injector commonly applied to spray-guided, gasoline direct injection, (SGDI) engines. The model was simulated using the Ricardo VECTIS CFD code and takes into account the physical and chemical effects of oxygenated fuel blends (flexfuels). The characteristics of the fuel sprays at typical gasoline part-load conditions, identified in a parallel study, were of particular interest. An injection duration of 0.3 ms was chosen which represented a stratified charge, unthrottled, part-load operating condition in a spray guided GDI engine with a piezoelectric fuel injector and a fuel injection pressure of 200 bar gauge. In the first instance, the spray model was validated against data recorded in a constant volume spray chamber. Secondly, the robustness of the model was tested against data measured in an optically-accessed engine.