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Re: What fuel should a 4AC use?!?
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Wed, 05 February 2003 02:43
 
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Methanol has a much lower calorific value than petrol, which means the mixtures need to be WAY richer to make it work. If you just pour methanol in your tank, the engine will be running extremely lean and blow up in no time at all. Even if you do re-tune your engine to suit methanol, it will run like a bucket of crap unless you wind up the boost and/or increase the compression ratio to take advantage of the much higher octane rating of methanol. On top of that you will need different cam profiles and ignition timing to suit the different characteristics of the fuel. In short, forget it! 
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What fuel should a 4AC use?!?
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Necros | Tue, 04 February 2003 00:38 |
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Youngy | Tue, 04 February 2003 00:59 |
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haggis | Tue, 04 February 2003 01:57 |
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Norbie | Tue, 04 February 2003 03:20 |
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Widowmaker | Tue, 04 February 2003 03:26 |
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haggis | Tue, 04 February 2003 04:57 |
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IRA11Y | Tue, 04 February 2003 06:03 |
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Sam | Thu, 06 February 2003 23:48 |
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IRA11Y | Fri, 07 February 2003 08:12 |
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juzzo84 | Tue, 04 February 2003 11:07 |
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RobertoX | Tue, 04 February 2003 12:07 |
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SPRINTAH! | Wed, 05 February 2003 02:13 |
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Re: What fuel should a 4AC use?!?
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Norbie | Wed, 05 February 2003 02:43 |
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haggis | Wed, 05 February 2003 02:53 |
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IRA11Y | Thu, 06 February 2003 06:20 |
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Norbie | Thu, 06 February 2003 13:19 |
