Pure Methanol Question
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Staging Lane
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From: north lewisburg, ohio
Pure Methanol Question First let me say I've done hours of searching, my question is, what kind of fuel mileage are people getting running pure meth? I could only find one thing on line that said switching to meth and changing nothing else will result in a 50% decrease in fuel mileage, and that was from some random car review site. Not what i would call or think is solid information. Just hoping to hear from some people who run pure meth and have done some street driving and have a real world idea of what kind of mpg they get. Building a all motor 5.3 based engine my self and wanting 12.5:1ish compression and as i was pricing race fuel in bulk i noticed how cheap Meth was and starting researching. Saw a guy who went from 5xxhp on a blown set up to 808 from the switch and was impressed. So now I'm curious as to how bad the fuel mileage could be. Thanks ahead for the responses.
http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fue...ison_chart.pdf
Quick search revealed this.
Cliff notes:
Energy content:
Gasoline: 112,114-116,090 Btu/ga
Ethanol (E100): 76,330 Btu/gal for E100 (g
Methanonol : 57,250 Btu/gal
Roughly half of Gasoline, And about 70% of E85.
You could maybe get some of this back with more aggressive Timing/Running leaner, I'm not sure if it would be noticeable though. I would figure on half the gas mileage of gasoline, and you will need Double the Fuel pump/injectors/rails/lines to make the same power.
Quick search revealed this.
Cliff notes:
Energy content:
Gasoline: 112,114-116,090 Btu/ga
Ethanol (E100): 76,330 Btu/gal for E100 (g
Methanonol : 57,250 Btu/gal
Roughly half of Gasoline, And about 70% of E85.
You could maybe get some of this back with more aggressive Timing/Running leaner, I'm not sure if it would be noticeable though. I would figure on half the gas mileage of gasoline, and you will need Double the Fuel pump/injectors/rails/lines to make the same power.
