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Old 10-08-07, 11:53 PM
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rotary on Nitromethane

so me and a friend where talking the other day. and i dont think i have heard of any1 running a rotary off Nitromethane..

SO the ???? is has any1? or is it to hard on the motor?

sorry for getting your hopes up and thinking this was a thread about a rotary using Nitromethane

cheers PaTricK
Old 10-09-07, 05:29 AM
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i dont think our rotaries would lend themselve to nitromethane all too well, they may become even more prone to grenading
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There's a blown 3-rotor on Alcohol in Oz....but still not Nitro.
Old 10-09-07, 09:01 PM
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well mine has methanol injection... maybe my next motor will run on nitro.. what the worst that could happen burn a hole in a piston LOL

blow out some apex seals i will just get some new ones

still it would be nice to find out if any1 else has been there done that or heard about it

cheers PaTricK
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Methanol Rotarys are everywhere. All I know of Nitromethane Rotary are small modelairplane engines. Nitromethane is not working well with turbo boost; I am thinking more damage than blowing apex seals. But 3 or 4 rotor NA, maybe so, eventually who knows.

The question is more appropriate in the Drag race section of the forum. This section is an unlikely place to expect answers.
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