Try Toluene for mixing your own. Just don't get it on your hands it
will make you sick.
Methanol has less hp than gas you will have to rejet to get the gain.
Doug
At 08:20 AM 1/21/00 -0700, Theo Smit wrote:
>Tim, and Listers,
>
>I played that game, too, when I had the green machine in its final stages of
>evolution. 12.2 to 1 compression (9/16" pop-ups on the pistons), and running
>a mix of premium pump gas, acetone, and methanol. What's interesting
>(disappointing, at the time) is that with that setup, it made only a few
>more HP on race gas than my previous engine, which had 10.5:1 compression,
>and the 10.5:1 motor would run on straight premium all day long.
>
>If I'm going to go to the effort of building a decent engine for the Tiger,
>I don't want to go overboard and end up with a detonation special, but I do
>want to get maximum bang for my buck.
>I know I could just keep it stock, but that's not the point...
>
>
>Theo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ronak, TP (Timothy) [SMTP:Timothy.P.Ronak@akzo-nobel.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 6:58 AM
> > To: 'Bob Palmer'; MWood24020@aol.com; TSMIT@isotel.com;
> > rdmallory@earthling.net; Ronak, Timothy P; tigers@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Performance Tuning the Tiger
> >
> > Bob,
> > I have to agree with you about the effect removing and sharp spots from
> > the
> > combustion area will have on detonation. The key to avoiding the excessive
> > pressures is by changing where the Intake valve closes in relation to the
> <snip>
> > piston can build. I do know that back in the race car days we had an
> > engine
> > that was 14:1 (remember that car Theo .. it was blue and yellow) it made
> > over 220 cranking cylinder pressure and we had to run C-14 and methanol in
> > a
> > 15% and 85% ratio respectively or it detonated like crazy.
> > My 2 cents too,
> > Tim Ronak
> > B382000680
> > PS: It is amazing how a well placed email gets us back on the performance
> > topic....YEEHaaaww!
> >
> > rpalmer@cts.com
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