Jetting up and some timing experimentation yeilded enough grunt from the 2000 cc engine to outrun most average Camaros and the like. The way this is accomplished is by using a bad ass mag that will force a spark across a wide gap in an "under pressure,wet environment" to control when it is lit as the ground electrode has usually been consumed by 1/2 track or so.īack in the late 70's a friend of mine,who shall remain nameless,and I used to screw around with running a Pinto on NitoPropane aquired at a local paint factory.
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This is tantamount to fighting fire with fire LOL,like burning land in front of a forest fire to fight it. (this is also why the only way to shut down a high %age fuel engine is to take away the fuel) so the idea is to control the burn by lighting the mixture before it has a chance to squeeze "fluid" into a pocket that will "Detonate".
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The thing about running a car on injected can being "controlled detonation" is kind of a misnomer.Ī fully warmed engine on can will "Diesel" because Nitro becomes shock sensitive at over 100 psi and 100deg. and therefore they will not start on 100%(98%) so some preheat in the combustion chambers is required in order for them to run on can alone. I'm given to understand Fuel cars are fired on gas or alchy because Nitro will not light from a spark below 95 deg. Model aircraft fuel contains from 0% to 65% nitromethane. When you hear the term "nitro-burning funny car" or "top-fuel dragster", that means that the engine burns nitromethane. Nitromethane is a fuel that is used in racing, particularly in drag racing, to provide more power. You tipacal only mix Nitromethane with Menthanol. That is why Funny Cars and dragsters "spit fire" from their exhaust pipes. When the exhaust valve opens, burning nitromethane flows out through the exhaust pipe. The flamefront does not move as quickly in nitromethane as it does in gasoline, meaning that there is not enough time to burn all the nitromethane in the cylinder when the engine is running at high RPM. The amount of nitromethane also provides some cooling, making the charge a bit denser and increasing power. Nitromethane provides 5,000 BTU/pound (12 MJ/kg). Gasoline provides 18,000 BTU/pound (42 MJ/kg). By pumping in 8.7 times as much nitromethane per stroke, you get about 2.4 times more power per stroke.
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A cylinder can only hold so much air on each stroke, and with that amount of air you can burn 8.7 times more nitromethane than gasoline. You need 14.6 kilograms of air to burn a kilogram of gasoline, and only 1.7 kilograms of air for the same amount of nitromethane to burn.
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The oxygen in nitromethane's molecular structure means that nitromethane does not need as much atmospheric oxygen to burn - part of the oxygen needed to burn nitromethane is carried in the fuel itself. For comparison, gasoline is typically C8H18. Nitromethane's chemical formula is CH3NO2.