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Dec 2, 2003 | 06:57 AM

deesh123

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Ethanol and other alternative fuels?

For performance, what do you think the best alternative fuel is to gasoline?
Do you think there is a better fuel than gas out there?

-doug

Dec 2, 2003 | 07:48 AM

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (deesh123)

methanol obviously..or jet rocket fuel, lol

Dec 2, 2003 | 08:41 AM

TREVER

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (deesh123)

nitromethane

Dec 2, 2003 | 08:49 AM

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (deesh123)

nitromethane

Dec 2, 2003 | 10:59 AM

dfoxengr

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (TREVER)

you must also have very different fuel systems to run these

Dec 2, 2003 | 11:52 AM

NJcoupe

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air plane fuel. why not? at least on the streets, thats what i run 104 octane 1/2 leaded. Its great working on air planes.

Dec 2, 2003 | 12:15 PM

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Re: (lsintegra95)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lsintegra95 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">air plane fuel. why not? at least on the streets, thats what i run 104 octane 1/2 leaded. Its great working on air planes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Last time I checked Jet fuel was highly leaded.

I'd run a mixture of Xylene or Toulene. Mixed correctly you can achive 117 octane for under 30 bux.

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Dec 2, 2003 | 04:54 PM

Mr Hammond

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (TREVER)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TREVER »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nitromethane</TD></TR></TABLE>

And what sanctioning IMPORT race body is this allowed in again?

Dec 2, 2003 | 06:04 PM

dfoxengr

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (Mr Milano)

IDRA of course. the intergalactic drag racing association

Dec 3, 2003 | 05:53 PM

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (hybridvteceg)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridvteceg »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">IDRA of course. the intergalactic drag racing association </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ahhh yes silly me.

Dec 3, 2003 | 07:03 PM

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dmotoguy

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Re: Ethanol and other alternative fuels? (Mr Milano)

methanol kicks ***... but to get all of the added benefits its a lot better to decide to run it before you start the build since the head will need to be ported different among many other differences like fuel system and compression ratio

Dec 4, 2003 | 04:28 PM

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Re: (P1mpSlap)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by P1mpSlap »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Last time I checked Jet fuel was highly leaded.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, jet fuel is basically kerosene. Jet/turbine engines don't have separate oiling systems, and rely on the fuel to provide the lubrication.

You're probably thinking of avgas (aviation gasoline), which is used in small piston-engine aircraft engines. Using high octane (>100 octane) gasoline in a street car is rather silly, though, unless you've modified it to have extremely high compression. Higher octane gasoline has less energy than lower octane gas.