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thechuckster
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Re: Nitrous and Methanol	Wed, 21 April 2004 13:24

i located 20 litre drums of methanol from a mobil reseller - mobil itself would not sell me methanol unless i was a wholesaler buyning by the megalitre. Pacific Petroleum Products was the co. up here in Brisbane. sorry but i can't remember the cost - i'm sure it was more that a dollar a litre and this is nearly 2 years ago and i was pretty amazed by the price then. Phil: R U sure the guy wasn't talking about buying Avgas? it's not legal to run a methanol car on the road up here in Qld - unless it's going to/from a legit club event - but buying it is not a hassle (yet). KInda like a bong, legal to buy, just not to use if for it's designed purpose...? Phil's spot on about requiring good lines and hoses for methanol - most strip cars running this fuel have a system to either evacuate the fuel system with compressed air, and/or flush with petrol to remove the methanol residue. i think long term use of methanol in the injector/fogger lines might be result in early replacement - plus the life of the petrol solenoid might suffer if it's not designed for methanol. As for it's benefit with the nitrous - 'cause methanol runs at a much lower A/F ratio than petrol, the volume of fuel you'll need to run a wet system ( you are doing this approach?) might be excessively high? methanol injected cars are mega thirsty compared to their petrol-drinking peers. i think you're considering this as at higher output you want the burn to 'run slower'? ... but thats usually for turbo/s'chargers lifting effective CR's. Being non-force-fed, you've got the luxury of running timing/fueling up to the ragged edge at high VE situations, even with chemical help from the fogger? It's just a guess on my part- but the benefit of going to cooler/slower burning fuel like methanol isn't going to help you as much as it does on the turbo? why not run a hi-octane racing fuel for the wet fogger system? you'll need less and storage/use/cleaning won't be as much of a hassle? what ever you do, can you get a decent vid of it when you do the obligatory flame-up or nitrous-assisted explosion in the engine bay? [Report message to a moderator]

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