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Re: Fuel Class

To: landspeedracer <landspeedracer@msn.com>,
Subject: Re: Fuel Class
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:04:39 -0700 (PDT)
JOHN: DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY!   80% NITRO METHANE + 20% ALCOHOL.  
Seriously, I do have a bunch of stuff I've looked up over the last four or five 
years on Nitro Methane, Nitro Propane, and Propelyne Oxide.  I'll dig out the 
folder and drop you a note in a few days. 
Dick J in East Texas
 landspeedracer wrote:Interesting thread, now if I can just turn it around a 
little. Rather than
octane what can be mixed with gasoline to give a HP boost? I want to try
something else other than N2O in a fuel class.
What will propylene oxide do?
What about nitro propane?
Nitromethane through a carb?
What else is there?

John B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 2:00 PM
Subject: Octane Booster


> I am on another "car" list, and the following formula was put
> forth as an effective octane booster. Sounds like an
> engine-killer to me, but we have people on this list that know
> about this stuff... Any comments?
>
> Get some Xylene from a paint store.
>
> Mixtures with 92 Octane Premium
> 10%...........94.5 Octane
> 20%...........97.0 Octane
> 30%...........99.5 Octane
>
>
> Ed
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