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dwtaylorpdx · 10-05-2009, 08:03 PM

Oh yea forgot s small anecdotal story.

I work on a Dwarf car, its a itty bitty car with a GZX1100 air cooled motorcycle engine pumped to almost 200 HP. On 110 oct race leaded the cylinder head temp pegged the guage, and it burned a 2 gallon tank of fuel each heat as well as the occasional valve.

. We converted it to Methanol, had to double the fuel load and the head temp dropped to 225F.

Dave

10-05-2009, 08:03 PM	#105 (permalink)
dwtaylorpdx EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portland OR Posts: 204 Thanks: 1 Thanked 30 Times in 21 Posts	Oh yea forgot s small anecdotal story. I work on a Dwarf car, its a itty bitty car with a GZX1100 air cooled motorcycle engine pumped to almost 200 HP. On 110 oct race leaded the cylinder head temp pegged the guage, and it burned a 2 gallon tank of fuel each heat as well as the occasional valve. . We converted it to Methanol, had to double the fuel load and the head temp dropped to 225F. Dave