Ok, i had a discussion with a friend of mine the other day and was wandering if you can actually go faster on race fuel vs. alky? If so, what is the limits on alky?
What if you sprayed race fuel instead of Alky? If some race fuels have higher octane than Alky would it be better?
Did you already forget I was burning pure methanol? Tisk, tisk.Quit wandering, you'll get lost.
Yes you can make more power with race fuel. Straight methanol has an octane rating of about 117 which is about the same as C16 race fuel but the alky doesn't produce as many btu's when burned as race fuel. BTUs = POWER. That's about as simple as that answer can be put. The long version gets really complicated and requires lots more specific info to be provided about the conditions in which each will be used.
When both fuels are burned at proper stoich values, methanol actually puts out more btus. When you further take into account the much wider mixture range of methanol, gasoline loses out even more.Quit wandering, you'll get lost.
Yes you can make more power with race fuel. Straight methanol has an octane rating of about 117 which is about the same as C16 race fuel but the alky doesn't produce as many btu's when burned as race fuel. BTUs = POWER. That's about as simple as that answer can be put. The long version gets really complicated and requires lots more specific info to be provided about the conditions in which each will be used.
Did you already forget I was burning pure methanol? Tisk, tisk.
When both fuels are burned at proper stoich values, methanol actually puts out more btus. When you further take into account the much wider mixture range of methanol, gasoline loses out even more.
Sorry to have to tell you, but your reasoning is flawed.When you take into account how much fuel you can get into a combustion chamber and ignite the nod goes to race fuel to produce more btus. Think about how much larger of a volume of methanol it takes to produce the btus of a given volume of race fuel. There is only so much room in the combustion chamber.
Plus, spark plugs, piston tops and combustion chambers are spotless. No carbon buildup. Less thermal loading of the engine components, lower exhaust temps, more products of combustion. No worries of the fuel quickly going stale. Milder flame speed.Alcohol rocks! 5 gallons/$20.00 for Methanol
Plus, no changing O2's sensors.
alcohol rocks! 5 gallons/$20.00 for methanol
plus, no changing o2's sensors.