Gas-Race Gas-Methanol alky and NITROMETHANE

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Re: Gas-Race Gas-Methanol alky and NITROMETHANE

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In-Tech wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:05 am
AMXstocker1 wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:09 pm because nitro methane is almost an omni-propellant it takes very little air to burn it has stoic-metric air fuel ratio of 1.47 instead of 14.7.
Ummmm, curious, at what percentage methanol did that number get made up at? :wink:
its probably pretty high because i pulled that from "Engine Air Flow" by Harold Bettes, and it was referred to as nitro methane i'd assume what goes in a fueler 90% plus range.
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