How can methanol work THIS well?

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AnArKey

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Well guys, I can't simply believe what I have done with methanol. 100%, with 1/2oz Klotz Uplon per gallon.

I have a 94 Supra, BTW. Some of you remember me from my Buick owning days.

So anyway, I accidentally was doing WOT freeway pulls with no wastegate control. Long story, I had the option turned off on my AEM EMS (like a FAST), and it was allowed to boost as much as it wanted.

I hit 32psi, on 92 octane. Boom right? Nope, didn't even knock. I did SEVERAL pulls, and didn't stop because my friend holding the laptop didn't even see a blip of knock. He was real impressed, my car pulls harder at 100mph than his does at 20mph.

Can you believe this? BTW, I have a injection system of my own design, that flows a LOT of methanol. If I had to guess it would be 1gal/min or more. I use the EMS to control the pump speed, ramping up delivery with boost (on at 3psi, maxed at 29psi).
 
i've been meaning to e-mail you and ask how it's been going.sounds like it's running pretty well:D.

have you put any more thought into how to adapt your controller to a buick computer?i'll be the guinea pig:D.

later,sean
 
Does your ECU have a wideband band option, if it does what afr are you running with the methanol?
 
Yeah I got a wideband. It was really rich. .65-.7 lambda. I'm not planning on running 32psi all the time, I'd like to take that down to 26-28psi, and lean it out to .75-.8.
 
AnArKey: Is your AEM the plug-n-play one (don't know if they have a supra one, prolly so) or the universal one that has to be hard-wired? I'd like to see some info on the universal one, and pricing. Although, I haven't tried to search the net lately for anything, just when it first came out. Later.
 
met

I would like to know what amount of methanol your are using.
I use 6 oz. per 1/4 mile run( high 10 sec. ) Was wondering if I could use more percentage.
BTW, According to some printed stuff I have seen, methanol---140--150 octane. I am still trying to verify this.
 
Lee, I'm no expert but a guy in my area runs it on a car with a stock turbo and stock injectors. He made his own kit, and has been kicked out of many tracks for running 124 mph. He runs so much that it's a fuel now and the gasoline is the additive. He's run 32 psi of boost also. He's building a twin turbo small block chevy now and just drives the buick ever now and then. He said it was fun while it lasted. He put a 5 gallons fuel cell in the trunk, some ford fuel pump, some type of fuel pressure regulator, and a return line the the tank. I may be leaving some stuff out but that's pretty much it. I was thinking of building one for myself. We had a track rental last Thursday and he drove the car to watch. He purged the system while holding the rpms up a little and I think he was running like 80 psi of pressure at the regulator. He has a small gauge there. Very, very neat setup. He wants to start playing with propane now.
 
I'm not sure, but I'm using ALOT. I have a Shurflo going 100% (no pressure switch) through two 15gph nozzles. This is at 100% duty obviously, flow starts low when I first turn it on. I'm guessing over 50% of my HP is coming from the methanol.

Tell your friend not to bother with propane. After methanol he will be disappointed. Especially on a hot-air car. Methanol cools so well it's so wonder he didn't need a intercooler. With propane, it will be hot again.
 
Originally posted by peterkin
Lee, I'm no expert but a guy in my area runs it on a car with a stock turbo and stock injectors. He made his own kit, and has been kicked out of many tracks for running 124 mph. He runs so much that it's a fuel now and the gasoline is the additive. He's run 32 psi of boost also. He's building a twin turbo small block chevy now and just drives the buick ever now and then. He said it was fun while it lasted. He put a 5 gallons fuel cell in the trunk, some ford fuel pump, some type of fuel pressure regulator, and a return line the the tank. I may be leaving some stuff out but that's pretty much it. I was thinking of building one for myself. We had a track rental last Thursday and he drove the car to watch. He purged the system while holding the rpms up a little and I think he was running like 80 psi of pressure at the regulator. He has a small gauge there. Very, very neat setup. He wants to start playing with propane now.
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32 psi on the stock turbo and injectors? Can you imagine what would happen if his alky pump failed at WOT? :eek: :eek:
 
nozzles???

Shurflo going 100% (no pressure switch) through two 15gph nozzles.
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If you don't mind me asking, what type of nozzles are you using?
Where are they mounted?
How can I buy some?

I am going crazy trying to get my shurflo to work well with various nozzles:mad: I am very interested in running methanol through my system, but I am still in the design stages of putting this system together.

Thanks for any info:D
 
McMaster-Carr fine misting nozzles. Same ones used in the SMC kits. I have tested them off the car and they put out a very fine CLOUD.
 
I believe on the first single nozzle kits, they were M15 and now on the duals 2 M10's??? I am using dual M15's now and no problems....yet :D
 
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