Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 12:53 PM
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Default Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

For those of you running water-meth injection, which method or mixture do you guys use?

After some research I have come down to ...

1. Boost Juice (Kinda expensive but pre-mixed)
2. Buying a gallon of Methanol and gallon of Dist. Water and make my own 50/50 mix.
3. Use -20F Washer Fluid (Cheap and premixed although not 50/50. I feel kinda skeptical about this for some reason...)

What do you guys use and think is a good option? Honestly, I am leaning (lol no pun ) towards no. 2 - buy a gal. of methanol and dist. water - mix my own sh**
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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i ran -20 when i was running around 22-23 psi for a while ran good never had a prob. When i turned it up to 30psi i switched to 50/50 methanol and dist. my a/f was around 10.8-11.0 till redline ran awesome .. my set up was skunk 2 head and forged piston and rods top mount t3 mani dbb 35r @ 30 psi for over a year
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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Default Re: Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

i buy 5 gallons at a time and make up my own 50/50 mix, ive been doing 75/25 recently though
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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100% meth
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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Default Re: Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

liquid HEET and water.. about 70/30 mix
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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Default Re: Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

Originally Posted by TheShodan
liquid HEET and water.. about 70/30 mix
I heard about this on the Ford forums while doing the google-search lol.
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by B20luda
i buy 5 gallons at a time and make up my own 50/50 mix, ive been doing 75/25 recently though
This is what I am most probably going to do cos after making some calls today, I found Methanol for $4.10 a gallon and Distilled Water for $0.98 a gallon so basically 2 gallons of water-meth 50/50 mix for $5.08 (incl. tax lol) - I'm a happy camper
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Old Jul 7, 2011 | 05:14 AM
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Default Re: Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

why beat around the bush when the real stuff is cheap ?
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Old Jul 7, 2011 | 05:22 AM
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i just use whatever is in my windsheild washer jug at the time...its usually a 50/50 mix and works fine.
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Old Jul 7, 2011 | 05:30 AM
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supertech -20 windshield washer fluid, 35% methanol 65% water
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Default Re: Water - Methanol Injection - what mix do you guys use?

Just wondering, what is the best way to store the 50/50 water-meth mix (after you have poured it into your gallon containers)? Is it ok to keep it in a safe corner somewhere in the garage? Can the 50/50 mix ignite in extreme weather? Just tryin to be safe...
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 01:21 PM
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just away from flames, 50/50 mix is safe, anything beyond that then you start getting into the volatile range
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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Ok thanks for the tip Spawne32!
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