kevk

ii it possible to run alcohol on the street ? is it advisable and is it possible to switch back and fourth from gas to alcohol?

TrboSpdAnt

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As in, "straight, without a chaser, like a shot," or as "injected like heroin?"

kevk

like a shot

TrboSpdAnt

iTrader: (5)

Hm... Minus severe octane changes and killing bits like plugs and O2... I think you'd benefit more from doing a two-stage fuel setup with the booze piggy-backed on the 2nd stage... Keeps the AFRs from going from, 14.2-14.5 to 9xxx

ZUNDLFLOGE

According to my research, I've read that 180 proof alcohol/ethanol was equivalent to about 102 octane.

So when the economy collapses (and yes, it will), I still wanna run my Rex around, so how do I go about doing a full conversion? I've got the plans for making the still...but haven't found any worthwhile info on converting wankels...& turbo ones at that. So what, just pull the emissions stuff out? What about removing O2 sensor?

ZUNDLFLOGE

Scratch that. Searched around the inintet'. Stainless steel fuel lines, no rubber touching the fuel, alternate fuel map, bigger injectors. I'm gettin' all hot-n-bothered thinking about 30PSI w/ no intercooler...

Broke Mechanic

I know guys that use methanol at the track and have great success in bracket racing cause of the consistency. You can run it in a rotary, i have seen it on you tube, one of the Puerto Rico Starlets runs methanol and NOS. As for injection setup, the favorite for drag racing is called Ron's Flying Toilet. This is actually a really good system. You also need a mechanical fuel pump for methanol, cause the electric ones can't keep up. Methanol is like the second most basic hydro-carbon chain (if i remember my chemistry), so it takes LOTS of fuel-electric fuel pumps can't keep up. Everyone at the track has mechanical fuel pumps. you will be lucky to get 4-5 miles/gallon in a modest rotary setup. Methanol drag cars measure it in gallons per mile, or gallons per pass.

Kevin

Lucius_Nightbringer

Using straight alky is sick lol, I Like the idea, but at the same time i wonder how it would effect the already high temps, It would be awesome to be able to do it, but what if alky becomes super expensive?

a car that runs on WATER would be awesome. seperator for Hydro and oxy. together are Inert, But when seperated and gaseous they both violently explode :/

flaco

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yes is possible . but how much alcohol can you carry ? lol

racer36

alky actually burns cooler than gas so it should help cool everything down in a typical piston engine you dont even need any kind of radiator fan when running alky