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Skriven 2012-11-03 13:15:11 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
     Kommentar till en text av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: We told you so, didn't we?
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 On 03 Nov 12 09:14, Robert Bashe wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>>>> BTW, I love the smell of burnt alcohol from engine exhaust...

 RB>>> ?? Joke? Ethanol burns to produce CO2 and water.

 RW>> Kinda like: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." - Cap't in
 RW>> the US MArine Corps, Viet Nam.

 RW>> Ethanol is mixed with an ingredient that gives off a pleasant odor
 RW>> so that the burning of the fuel can be detected. Actually, that's
 RW>> methonal at the race track...

 RB> Don't you mean nitromethane?

Nope...nitro is for 1000+ hp engines as used in Top Fuel dragsters.
Methane is $5/gal 105 octane racing fuel for the guys who can't afford
$50/gal nitro.

 RB> They used to use it at drag races when I was a kid. Gives a hell of a
 RB> lot of power, but the engine doesn't last long since it burns
 RB> explosively rather than relatively gradually like gasoline.

It does worse than that. They have to tear down those engines after every
run. If they lose spark in the engine while running, nitro fuel is a gel
that hydraulics the engine, breaking every part in it. You can't compress
a liquid or gel...and they make sure that there's plenty of it in each
cylinder. Look close at one of those engines and you'll see dual magnetos,
which are required to fire those engines.

                R\%/itt


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