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Re: Yet More Fuel Questions

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>,
Subject: Re: Yet More Fuel Questions
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:38:31 -0700
Hi Dick;
     Look at:
 http://www.turbofast.com.au/racefuel.html
under alcohol they say roughly twice the fuel flow re gas. Under
Nitromethane they have a chart with jet dia. increases for various nitro
percentages.
Jim in Palmdale

----- Original Message -----
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>;
<FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
Cc: <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 12:59 PM
Subject: Yet More Fuel Questions


> Just how much more volume does a fuel motor flow.
>  Let's say a straight alky motor.  If a given
> motor is perfectly balanced with a 750 CFM carb
> on gas, is there a rule of thumb like it needs
> 950 CFM on alky?  Now what if you throw in a
> light load, say 25% nitro into that alky?  How
> much flow now?  Another question for the same
> hypothetical motor.  How much bigger should the
> jets get for alky, and how much for the
> alky/nitro mix?
> I know, I'm asking for sixty years of experience
> in sixty words or less here, ain't I?
>
>
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