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Re: Fuel Injection Question

To: John Beckett <saltracer@servusa.com>
Subject: Re: Fuel Injection Question
From: jkamo@rushmore.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:02:29 -0600
yeah, but what about all that oxidizing
of hydrogen (with methanol) giving off more energy???

Joe :)


Quoting John Beckett <saltracer@servusa.com>:

> Doesn't have the same BTU content as gasoline.
> 
> JB
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jkamo@rushmore.com>
> To: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
> Cc: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Fuel Injection Question
> 
> 
> > then why would you need to injest twice
> > as much of it to gain 10-20 % more power..........
> > 
> > Joe :)
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting John Burk <joyseydevil@comcast.net>:
> > 
> >> A chemist told me that oxidizing hydrogen gives off more energy than
> >> oxidizing
> >> carbon . Methanol has a higher hydrogen to carbon ratio so that would
> >> explain
> >> where the extra power comes from .
> >> John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
> 
> 




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