Meth question
Melting Slicks
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I am in no means against pure meth. It is really a matter of long road trips and I didn't know how it would be to travel with pure meth in any location other than my WW tank. I also have the snow kit which I think is fine with pure meth but I am not certain. Does pure meth allow more timing? Where is the power boost coming from?
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Melting Slicks
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I've been on longs trips, and never needed to refill the meth tank. However, if I needed to I'd get a bunch of bottles of HEET (yellow bottle).
Speedy
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I am in no means against pure meth. It is really a matter of long road trips and I didn't know how it would be to travel with pure meth in any location other than my WW tank. I also have the snow kit which I think is fine with pure meth but I am not certain. Does pure meth allow more timing? Where is the power boost coming from?
Typically when you increase boost while using meth you are "meth dependent" because you really can change boost on the fly.
When you tune a car to have more timing while on meth you are "meth independent" because the computer pulls just enough timing to prevent knock while your off meth.
On a road trip I took I brought a 5 gallon drum secured in the trunk via bungee chords
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Water Injection is most efficient with a 50/50 water alcohol (or methanol) mixture.
Denatured (ethanol) alcohol, typically 95% pure, is available in paint, hardware, and Home Depot type stores in gallon containers.
Denatured alcohol also has a higher octane rating 129 vs 123 respectively.
Denatured (ethanol) alcohol, typically 95% pure, is available in paint, hardware, and Home Depot type stores in gallon containers.
Denatured alcohol also has a higher octane rating 129 vs 123 respectively.
Speedy
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From: Tn
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Water Injection is most efficient with a 50/50 water alcohol (or methanol) mixture.
Denatured (ethanol) alcohol, typically 95% pure, is available in paint, hardware, and Home Depot type stores in gallon containers.
Denatured alcohol also has a higher octane rating 129 vs 123 respectively.
Denatured (ethanol) alcohol, typically 95% pure, is available in paint, hardware, and Home Depot type stores in gallon containers.
Denatured alcohol also has a higher octane rating 129 vs 123 respectively.
On a side note, though denatured alcohol could act as a cheap version of ever clear the manufacturers realized this and added methanol (which if ingested is a neuro toxin and causes blindness - so no home made home depot moon shine
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Melting Slicks
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Its coming from cooler IATs which means you can put more timing and or boost before knock is seen. Since knock is just a premature combustion due to high cylinder temps anything you do do to decrease cylinder temps; meth, race gas will help.
Typically when you increase boost while using meth you are "meth dependent" because you really can change boost on the fly.
When you tune a car to have more timing while on meth you are "meth independent" because the computer pulls just enough timing to prevent knock while your off meth.
On a road trip I took I brought a 5 gallon drum secured in the trunk via bungee chords
Typically when you increase boost while using meth you are "meth dependent" because you really can change boost on the fly.
When you tune a car to have more timing while on meth you are "meth independent" because the computer pulls just enough timing to prevent knock while your off meth.
On a road trip I took I brought a 5 gallon drum secured in the trunk via bungee chords
Just running boost juice and was wondering if pure meth allows more timing or how it makes more power over 50/50 mix
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Drifting
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ECS. How much more timing using pure meth can you add on a adv. motor if you had the same motor without meth? Both boosted/same psi!!
Just a ball park figure will do.
Just a ball park figure will do.
Last edited by liveaboard74; Feb 9, 2012 at 08:25 PM.
