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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 01:47 PM
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where do you buy methanol? and whats the average price?
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Do a google search. I'm not sure if any sponsors sell it. I remember last time I check I could get a huge drum of it for cheap where I live.
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if you want it for meth injection, look at washer fulid. i hear BMW is about the correct mix IIRC.
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Where do you live? You can try performance shops, oil companies, go-kart racing shops dirt car racing shops, online sources, all kinds of places. Or good old windshield washer fluid has up to 40 something % methanol for the low temp stuff. Lot of people have used it.
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washerfluid? all the extra crap they put in doesnt hurt the engine?
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Washer fluid is like 50% water 48% methanol (the 40* below stuff) and 2% detergent and dye. I ran it with no problems in my Turboed S-10. I know a lot of turbo Buick guy's run it. I does leave a slight tint on stuff from the dye, but it isn't much different then the red dye in race gas. I've never heard of anyone that had any damage caused from running it. And its cheap
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You can buy 99.99% methyl alcohol at Home Depot (same as methanol)
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You can buy 99.99% methyl alcohol at Home Depot (same as methanol)
ya, but it's kind of pricey at $13 a gallon
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110 unleaded race gas is $4.05 or up depending where you get it. I had rather fill up the Z28 at $2.55 a gallon and spend $13 on a gallon of methanol.
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the water in the washer fluid helps cool combustion temps as well as help clean the inside of the motor
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Whatever you use you need to tune for it and use only it, I use only straight meth and have been using vp. As soon as im out im going to go to a gokart shop locally. I would not buy alot at once though as it draws moisture real bad every time you open it, and has to be sealed perfectly. The price is not an enormous factor since you are only using a fraction of what you use in a tank of gas with meth injection, but still 13.00 is steep. I use about maybe 3/4 gal if I hit it hard 15 times approx.
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