nitro methane
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Racer
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From: Sacramento ca
nitro methane
At work today I was talking to a tech that used to work for whipple. He says there were a lot of guys running nitro methane instead of meth as it does not change the A/F ratio?
I know there are many people here with a lot of knowledge, is there a benifit to nitro methane? It sounds like a lot of the issues from meth come from the changing of A/F ratio and if the pump fails the car may run lean?
I know there are many people here with a lot of knowledge, is there a benifit to nitro methane? It sounds like a lot of the issues from meth come from the changing of A/F ratio and if the pump fails the car may run lean?
Le Mans Master
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Nitromethane would change AF ratios, because it's a fuel which still requires oxygen to burn completely. It may change AF ratios a good deal less than an equal volume of meth though.
Another downside: Kinda pricey.
One other potential problem: It has very different burn characteristics than meth or gasoline, and behaves like it has a very low octane. Meth will increase octane.
Maybe it would work though. We ran varying percentages (mixed with alcohol) in model aircraft engines without needing to make any other changes.
Another downside: Kinda pricey.
One other potential problem: It has very different burn characteristics than meth or gasoline, and behaves like it has a very low octane. Meth will increase octane.
Maybe it would work though. We ran varying percentages (mixed with alcohol) in model aircraft engines without needing to make any other changes.
