alcohol

[RX-Boy]

Anybody running straight alcohol in there apex or nytro, if so which injector will work and what size fo say 300 hp

 

[mulot30th]

Why runnig alcool... for 300hp?


Do you know how much trouble it is to run alcool a fuel?

 

[RX-Boy]

we are running it on the tar, it should lower our intake temps to build more power for given boost,

 

[rxrider]

You will have to flow about 30% more fuel at the same amount of air vs gasoline fuels. Alcohol is stoich around 9 AFR. Stock injectors will work at 300 HP on gasoline fuels. Sorry for not answering your question, but you should be able to calculate the fuel flow requirements running on alcohol fuels.

 

[RX-Boy]

Have you run it on a FI sled before? what other problems have you had?

 

[Turbor]

i have run it on my drag racecar, it was efi, you will need to make sure every part in your fuel system is methanol compatible, injectors, pump regulator etc, dont forget since you need more meth than gasoline for the same amount of power, you will need bigger injectors, but a way bigger pump too. Anotherthing is that meth is way corrosive so you will need to flush it out of the system after race day, What i used to do is have 2 different maps for my efi system, after raceday i would drain the tank of meth and put gasoline and switch maps and restart the vehicule and let it run on gasoline for a while. You will also need to change the oil very often, you will see them meth contaminates it very fast. running straight meth is alot of trouble, i would only recommend it for a very high boost race only application.

 

[RX-Boy]

Turbor Thank you for your input, Is straight alcohol worth the gains in HP?

 

[RED]

Just got for it Darren, lol.