Nitro-Methane
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Did you know that Nitro-Methane can make 2.3 times the power of petrol?

So, in theory, you could get 500hp from a 1293 Turbo! Not that you could put it through a Mini transmission.

Now that would be a challenge. ( you see what doing without TM for two days has done )

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

if you can ignite the burn before it hydraulics :) sure carl postes ome pics of some "top fuel" fed a-series a while back?

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

link dennis?
i cant find it.....?

Its an explosive. I personaly wouldnt want to store it in my garage

I'd love to see what a nitro methane A series would do.

Go bang? I would pay to see that too

A bit like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsSVLZ6wCI

This is the thread:



I wonder how much horsepower Dragonfly had?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

how much is it?
i once heard of a turbo 998cc running on 90% methanol at 25 psi or something silly, the engine seized and the piston's melted in the bores,
but whilst it was running it went really well,
lol,
that was about 6 years ago now i guess,

yes this is bad stuff. been around the pits at drag racing, and a small amount of this stuff went into a tread or a bolt hole, when the bolt was put in the tightend up BAND it went braking the block and really herting the guy that was doing it. all this from the smallest of amounts, it's not to be palyed around with lol. good idea though paul. One that i dimisted years ago lol.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

I thought you were running a small shot of Nitro Matt?

na thats NoS that he uses......lol

It's not that bad as it goes, I use it all the time on my nitro heli, methenol with 30% methane for power, just don't drink it

"Can I legally marry people now that I am ordained in the Church of the SubGenius?" aka i know jack sh"t

i also make things

i love coming home to chrome

o yes good point sprocket, i for got for a moment

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

Dad remember Johns RC Nitro car? That was fast and it only had a little engine... it would be tooo fast for an a series engine.

But if you plan on getting some tell me when and I'll see to it that I'm outa the country still!

That's true, you can get fuel for model cars with up to 30% Nitro-Methane over the counter at model shops.

Dealing with the stuff the dragsters use can be tricky.

Anyway, I've found two firms locally that will build a chassis and MED do a billet in-line crank, just need to sort the transmission..............

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I ran radio controlled cars fairly competitively for a few years. I have 16% and 25% lying around in the garage. It is scary when it burns as it's a white to clear flame

On 12th Nov, 2009 Paul S said:

I think Gary OS has taken over my role as the forum smart arse

so is this going to become a realitly then paul or just a crazy idea

Edited by Rick.SPI on 8th Mar, 2010.

Just another one of my crazy ideas

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Just out of interest, would aviation fuel offer any benefits over 98 ron petrol or not? For example the stuff used in light aircraft.

Edited by minimole23 on 8th Mar, 2010.

oh :( i was quite looking forward to seeing it come to reality haha

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

We had some avgas left over that we needed to get rid of, so we chucked it in me old mans micra (waste I know) but it went like fuck...normally run on the cheapy tesco's stuff tho so probs not suprising it made a difference.

IIRC, isn't avgas 101 octane?

I'm thinking maybe starting with Methanol and then adding the Nitro bit by bit till she blows

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."