hello,
I have a question, my late crew chief was a smart guy when it comes to fuel. unfortunately he is no longer around for me to learn from, and I certainly do not have a chemistry degree.
With the race car we run there are rules in certain races or in different series, and in some there are no rules at all when it comes to fuel. No matter where we race though we always run Methanol.
VP m1 is what we use, and we use additives from there. here is the spec sheet of the fuel.
The engine is a 4 stroke, 4 cylinder dual overhead camshaft, 2.5 liter displacement, 13.8:1 compression ratio, electronic fuel injection, direct drive, 380hp at the wheels and 220tq
A little story, so for the longest time I had issues with the performance of the engine and getting the tune to be consistent, I know that where we race and altitude and barometric pressure are all factors but the ecu that we tune with adjusts for all of that. I discovered that methanol absorbs moisture like a sponge, and I never used any instruments to measure the content of water in the methanol, other then i could take a piece of aluminum and dip it into the methanol, allow the methanol to evaporate, and see the water bead up on the aluminum.
my late crew chief showed me this, and this is where he had us adding 4oz. of acetone to the methanol per gallon. he said that the acetone acted as a (blending agent) and ever since we started adding the acetone to our fuel our tunes have been much more consistent from race to race.
There have always been talk about adding a mixture of Nitro methane to our methanol, no more then 5-10%, and my late crew chief said that benzine is the best blending agent for doing so. He also said that you cannot buy this anymore, he also told me that he knew how to synthesize it himself.
my question is does anyone know this process? does anyone object to what we have done so far with the acetone? can anyone explain how this process works?
I want to learn all that I can about this specific topic without having to go to school to get a degree where 90% of what I learn will never be used for anything.
I have a question, my late crew chief was a smart guy when it comes to fuel. unfortunately he is no longer around for me to learn from, and I certainly do not have a chemistry degree.
With the race car we run there are rules in certain races or in different series, and in some there are no rules at all when it comes to fuel. No matter where we race though we always run Methanol.
VP m1 is what we use, and we use additives from there. here is the spec sheet of the fuel.
The engine is a 4 stroke, 4 cylinder dual overhead camshaft, 2.5 liter displacement, 13.8:1 compression ratio, electronic fuel injection, direct drive, 380hp at the wheels and 220tq
A little story, so for the longest time I had issues with the performance of the engine and getting the tune to be consistent, I know that where we race and altitude and barometric pressure are all factors but the ecu that we tune with adjusts for all of that. I discovered that methanol absorbs moisture like a sponge, and I never used any instruments to measure the content of water in the methanol, other then i could take a piece of aluminum and dip it into the methanol, allow the methanol to evaporate, and see the water bead up on the aluminum.
my late crew chief showed me this, and this is where he had us adding 4oz. of acetone to the methanol per gallon. he said that the acetone acted as a (blending agent) and ever since we started adding the acetone to our fuel our tunes have been much more consistent from race to race.
There have always been talk about adding a mixture of Nitro methane to our methanol, no more then 5-10%, and my late crew chief said that benzine is the best blending agent for doing so. He also said that you cannot buy this anymore, he also told me that he knew how to synthesize it himself.
my question is does anyone know this process? does anyone object to what we have done so far with the acetone? can anyone explain how this process works?
I want to learn all that I can about this specific topic without having to go to school to get a degree where 90% of what I learn will never be used for anything.
