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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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I just installed a kit on my truck but haven't had much time to play with it yet. I moved the IAT so I can program the IAT/timing table to pull timing when the meth isn't spraying, but what are you guys doing about the air fuel ratio? If you lean it down for the meth and the pump fails then you are lean. The IAT has the timing covered but what about the air fuel?
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by AFASTYZFR1
If you want to run big power on the street and fill up with pump gas, methanol will definitely only help make things safe and make more power. As long as you buy a good kit (Alkycontrol ) you won't have any issues. I buy 30 gallon drums for $100 which lasts me over a year and come on....it's not hard to fill up before you go out every couple of times
Where are you getting $30 gallon drums?
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 02:47 PM
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You have to richen it up when running meth.. Run it around 11.2:1, you can go down a bit 10.8 but any richer you'll loose power.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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My air fuel ratio goes about .5 richer when the meth comes on so I had to take some fuel out of the tune to get back to where it was pre-meth. If the meth doesn't work for whatever reason, then it will be leaner than I would like it to be.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by AFASTYZFR1
If you want to run big power on the street and fill up with pump gas, methanol will definitely only help make things safe and make more power. As long as you buy a good kit (Alkycontrol ) you won't have any issues. I buy 30 gallon drums for $100 which lasts me over a year and come on....it's not hard to fill up before you go out every couple of times
and when your done youve got a sweet trash can too

Originally Posted by 02blackbeauty19
Where are you getting $30 gallon drums?
read his post again, 30 GALLON DRUMS for $100
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CarsandWomen
read his post again, 30 GALLON DRUMS for $100
Yeah, I saw that. Im curious if he is getting it locally or ordering it from a fuel supplier?
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 02blackbeauty19
Where are you getting $30 gallon drums?
I get it from a local speed shop. The first time I bought one I had to put down around a $40 deposit on the drum but whenever I decide to stop buying methanol I can return the drum and get deposit back. Also had to buy a pump for the drum which was like $20.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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The best way to run your meth kit safely is find your safe max boost PSI with no knock just on pump gas. Then spray your meth and only take the PSI up 3. Don't push the outer limits of your setup. Don't forget to keep check on how much meth you have.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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My buddy uses Meth heavily in his Evo. 40psi daily. There's plenty of things that can be done to failsafe Meth. There's flow sensors, if the pump leaks or fails you can have a solenoid boost dump. Same with certain widebands. Leans out - dumps boost
Granted he had never had a pump just quit, they usually start to leak first.
I'm not sure if any lsx tuning software has it but there's also map switching. If the system fails it'll switch to a lower boost pumpgas only map. I'm personally not afraid to run Meth. I can use all the same things the imports incorporate in their setups
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 12:06 AM
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bad experience...
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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^^^^ LMAO!

Y did I not reread my title before posting lol
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Thanks guys for all the advice I think I'm not going to go quite as much on the methanol as planned. Just play it by ear and trust in nick
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MillerTime85
I read the title and lol'd
just imagine if the FBI or ATF were to be reading it
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by IT_SS
just imagine if the FBI or ATF were to be reading it
They probably have some software that browses the internet and searches for keywords. Once it finds something it puts it in a data base to be sorted.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 02:43 AM
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Been running meth on my procharged C5 for about 10 months. It's only there for safety though, as I was more concerned about just keeping the motor together with the higher mileage and 9psi and stock internals. Just cheap insurance, nothing more for me.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 03:04 AM
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I ran on meth for like 9 days once and Im just fine your motor probably will be too....
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 01:30 PM
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I've been running a coolingmist kit for 2 1/2 years. The kit's been running fine.
Last year a wire got loose between the controller and pump, so no meth. I have my aeroforce gauge set up to warn me if I get 2* KR. I let off as soon as the lights came on, with no harm done. Just one way to help against meth failure.
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