so ive been reading up on nitromethane, and have been thinking about mixing a little bit of it in with my methanol. has anybody tried this yet? here is a link w/ a lot of info on different racing fuels and their characteristics...

http://www.turbofast.com.au/racefuel6.html

 

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only pussies run nitro meth...

 

umm...ok, they really need to start having screen tests to filter out any douschebags who think they can have any opinions in a car forum. Any "non-douschebag" replies from ppl who run or have run nitro?

 

That was a fast and furious 4 quote.. lol

 

doesn't nitrometh need like a ridiculous amount of fuel to be put in the cylinder to make power? it doesn't even need oxygen to burn, and it is highly explosive. i wouldn't put that in my car

 

glad i wasnt the only one that saw that quote from a mile away.

 

some people I guess. I dont know how well our aluminum engines will hold up to the heat of nitro-meth. I think we may have some melting issues if anything.

 

It does need oxygen, but it doesn't need as much.. it can make something like 2.3-2.5 times the power with the same amount of oxygen as gasoline does...

but it also takes something like 7 times the amount of nitromethane as gasoline to fully combust the same amount of oxygen..lol

I've been seeing additives lately to add nitromethane to methanol injection.. i like this idea...

 

for an engine yes. for its other uses (ie:rocket motors) it does not

 

Snow Performance has that nitro booster to add to the meth

 

 

now i remember i was gonna try mixin 90/10 meth/nitro. im starting to wonder if im gonna make any decent amount of power with that mixture. reading up on nitro, i dont think i wanna make it any stronger due to it running hot

 

I run 2% nitrometh in my corvette I was always told you don't want to add more than 5% it added like 7whp but Im injecting over 600cc/min on an 800 crank horsepower car so your gains may not be that high

 

This! It is some nasty stuff. The cars that run it have to be started on alcohol because it is not conducive to cold starts. Never heard of anyone running it in a street car because it needs any ultra high CR and rich mixture to burn properly. OP I doubt you will notice any difference vs just your water/meth mixture. You can always run a little more meth if you need more octane.

 

it was started by alot of grand national guys in doses of 2-5% in a water/meth mixture its not about adding octane nitrometh carries its own oxygen thats why it needs so little o2 to burn in the chamber so it adds some some 02 into the cylinder

 

dont do it unless you hae 10k for a motor rebuild