Using Alcohol In The Car ?
Using Alcohol In The Car ? Anybody have any info or a good web site about the pros and cons ?? I want to run it (I think) save a lot of fab work for intercooler piping, water box and run cooler.. But I don't want to spend 10k to save 2k ... thanks
the good part about alcohol is it will make more torque. It takes more altitude change for the car to slow down, gasoline is about 200' change in DA for .01 and alcohol is around 600' change for .01. It costs about half as much as race gas. The bad part is you have to burn twice as much and it eats up your fuel system. With alcohol you have to change pumps/lines way more often than with gas. In the long run it probably costs more.
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You dont have to change your lines ever if you maintain them..I have never had to change a single line just take care of them.When you done putting fuel through it,spray wd40 in your lines take your fittings off spray everything down,dont let fuel sit in the lines and it should be ok...
Could you just run gas thru the lines and pump after a race like have a seprate tank and just let it run a min to wash the alcohol out ???
Do you have to change the oil more often ??
Do you have to change the oil more often ??
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Originally Posted by Ls1LikeNoOther
I Run it on the street,its not that big of a deal as long as you keep up with the maintenance.And I know many cops in fact my gf's dad is Sheriff...
But when I cruise no problems ever from the cops.
But when I cruise no problems ever from the cops.
The cops usually don't take too kindly to anyone with an open container of alcohol in the car....Running your car on it, though, is a different story.
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alcohol also makes the car about 2-3 tenths quicker on average. As mentioned above, you have a little more to upkeep on your fuel system, and it will burn about 2 times as much as regular race fuel. It is deadly consistent though, as this is why a good number of super-class racers run it. They also make additives for better smell, as alcohol can burn the eyes (not as bad as nitro though).
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We used to just flush out are sytems after every race dont even let it set over night or **** will be ate up like a **** found this out the hard way when it out my jets out to a diff size back when i raced go-karts.