20% Nitro in 90 n/a, OK to use for 5 miles?
 

Like the title says, I've run out of gas, and have a gallon of RC Airplane fuel in trunk. Will the 20 % nitro hurt the engine for a few miles? What a super-powered way to get to gas station.

Thanks,

PEACE THE DOG

That might be the most expensive fuel you ever used.

other than that, how ya doin'?

Well, my life is going on schedule. The only guy who pays $ 30 a gallon for gas. Positive note though: 0-125 in 3.2 seconds.

PEACE THE DOG

:)

I did some quick searching, and according to what I have read, its VERY slow burning and if you have cats or some form of exhaust it MIGHT be a problem.

I dont know if I would do it...

I used to have nitro r/c cars, and I would think it would have to burn fast to push those little engine to 30k+ rpms?

Well, it doesnt burn "FAST" theoretically, it just has 2.5 times the amount of stored energy by volume.

Rat

but then again, its only 20% nitro and the rest is alcohol. Your biggest problem may be from your o2 sensor not reading the exhaust right. If i remember correctly, the sensor is going to think your running very lean, so its going to dump a lot more fuel in.

ohhhh....do it...please get it on tape though...if something goes drastically wrong we all wanna see it!

The o2 sensor only compenastes during cruise and idle.

so as long as your WOT, you should be ok.

lol...i have an idea...GET AAA! or just pay some guy to tow it to a gas station...would you rather spend 50 bucks...or risk your car...


oh...or even better....GET A GAS CAN!

"14.6 kg of air are needed to burn one kg of gasoline, but only 1.7 kg of air are needed to burn one kg of nitromethane." -wikipedia

Get a gas can dude!

X2, I wanna see this :)

getting very interested on the outcome.

but anywys, just get a gas can bro.

what do they say?

better safe then sorry =]

I really doubt you'll run very well on that. With alochol (the 80%, well, the parts that aren't lubricants) cooling the combusion, you may have a hard time burning that nitro. Keep in mind that nitro cars burn what they can and detonate the rest.

I have a bit of experience with Nitro. See sig.

its only 5 miles push it, we pushed a humvee for almost 5 miles one time oh it was 4 of us

You would probably lose power, as it is a slower burning fuel. But I don’t think it would curse any problems for a short period of time

Remember that nitro burns hotter as well. Or at least it burns hotter than alcohol. 20% nitro on a hobbly plane meant for 5% can sometimes damage the engine.

OK, the update on the nitro! I didn't get any of these posts before I did it. I have, for all of you concerned, a 2 gallon gas can that had 1/2 a gallon in it. I thought twice about the nitro, then thought of the dragsters and what they run. Huh, similiar I would say!

I took 1/2 gallon of gas, and maybe a pint of nitro, and drove straight to gas station. What a rush that was. Filled her up, well 40 bucks worth, almost 2/3 a tank on my 90 vert, sorry, son's vert, and put 1/2 gallon in for shits and giggles. I tell you what, the difference in noticeable pickup, and more power was extreme. I mean a big difference instantly.

Damage to anything? I am going to tear down a bit this weekend for some maintenance, plugs, oil, filters, fuel for sure, and will take pictures. Oh wtf, I want to see the plugs now. Will be back in 10 minutes with plug photos.

If all is good, I am going to use as a premix. I will post photos soon, and exact ingredients of nitro, with the lubricants it contains.

PEACE THE DOG

My camera sucks, but here is what the plugs look like. I changed them about 2 weeks ago, so after I run this 40 buck, plus a little nitro, maybe a half gallon and see!

PEACE THE DOG

they kind of look like my spark plugs?

DON'T DO IT!!!!! YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR ENGINE. Your engine will run LEAN and HOT on this fuel and detonation/preignition will destroy your engine.

The air/fuel mixture for methanol/nitromethane and the castor/syn oil blend in your RC fuel is much different than straight gasoline.

I dumped 30% heli fuel in my old lawnmower for kicks because I was getting a newer self-propelled mower. The motor ran like hell for 2 minutes and the seized. You should have seen the bright red exhaust.

GET A gas can or you will have had a very expensive lesson.

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