i was diggin through my dads garage and i found a can of some kind of fuel additive(treats up to 16 gal.), 40% alcohol/60% nitromethane, that he used in his kawasaki ninja(for those who dont know what nitro is, its what top fuel dragsters run on). does any one have any expierience with any kind of nitro additive in a rotary?will this give me more power(safely?) or will it just turn my motor into a grenade?

 

From what I know about it (which isnt much) you need different jets to use nitro. Or, maybe thats alcohol. Either way I wouldnt just pour it in and see what happens.

Thats my .02

Ian

 

I use 20% nitro fuel in my RC car.

 

Nitro is serious ****. Lots of energy content. I would be real careful pouring it into a rotary.

 

it will not give you more power unless you car is setup for it. You can tune for other fuels, but if you do not it won't make any difference. Not worth much in my opinion.

 

Aw, just try it! Then you can post the pictures of what is left after the huge explosion!

 

i think i might try when i get another short block(just in case she pops )my dad told me that nitro has essentially 0 octane, and ive read here that lower octane ratings may be better for a n/a rotary performance. so i figure that even less octane will be better performance wise...we'll see

 

Nitromethane is essentially rocket fuel. Back in the glory days of real hot rodding, some nut got the idea to put it in his engine. The NHRA top fuel cars are forced to run a certain mixture of nitromethane and alcohol for a reason. It is a saftey hazard in its pure state.
Nitro combusts much more readily and much faster than gasoline. It produces more power at higher temperatures and pressures. The cut form that you have is perfectly safe to handle.

Thats what little I know about it, I'm sure a quick google could turn up more in depth information.

 

This should help somewhat:

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question642.htm

As long as you're running such a diluted amount of nitromethane, I don't see why it would be a huge problem.... I wouldn't personally try it, but I can see it increasing your flame-shooting ability a bit, being hard on your cats and *perhaps* producing more power. You could give it a try

Jon

 

Do it! Do it! Do it! Run it at night and have someone run behind you with a video camera! Go for it!

 

I say you put it in your neighbor's car.

 

Nitromethane works real well for removing cured cyanoacrylate adhesives and leather dye from one's skin.

 

Never used the stuff...just do it and hold on to your nuts!

 

My .21 size Ofna puts out 2.3 hp for a motor that is smaller than my fist... your giving me ideas i have a couple of gallons of different nitro consistensy bottles. If someone else does'nt try it i will get my other 12Arunning if someone wants to help then try it in there. Anybody wanna help get a 12A running????

 

sweet, it would be kick *** to have 2 foot blue flames shooting out each time i shift and i think the exhaust would be even louder. could you guys imagine what the backfire would sound like? i think ill test it in some other motors and work my way up to the rotary ie. lawnmower=>blazer=>sa22 (cant sacrafice the 12a i have until im sure)