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Originally Posted by guudasitgets
Black duece we ran the same motors in Midgets and Formula Alantic cars, they really arent pintos, same block but thats all. Running straight Methanol you feul ratio is higher than gas so yes it will burn quite a bit more, but remmember the alky has some of it's own oxygen, thats the reason.
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Yeah, well to expound...
As I said, my 'bud' always had a hard time lighting up his 'Pinto' motor on alky. He actually brought extra batteries and extra starters to the (Glamis) dunes.
OMG!!! He would crank n' grind that thing until it fired, or the battery or starter gave out, whichever came first. You gotta put it in context, you know? And, when he finally got it fired up - they made him run in the back of the pack - 'cause that alcohol smells so bad when it lights up! I thought it was cool, but everyone thought it smelled like sweet farts or something - I think they were jealous. They were running pump gas - which doesn't smell all that great either, when you think about it...
But, I'll tell you what - that motor was brutal, once it fired! And, it never failed to fire up. Sure, it might take a couple of batteries in the morning, or a new starter, but that thing was a brute!
Look, all I'm saying is the Pinto motor was a 'good' motor, if it could stand up to that sort of abuse - and *screw* the guy/gal that wrote that article!
