Kerosen
04-08-2008, 10:56 PM
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RE: Kerosen
lol, my friend put gassoline in his nitro lol. it did nothing. we have put a 50/50 mix of gasoline and 20%nito in his dirt bike and man did that thing ripp(well untill we blew a headgasket
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lol, my friend put gassoline in his nitro lol. it did nothing. we have put a 50/50 mix of gasoline and 20%nito in his dirt bike and man did that thing ripp(well untill we blew a headgasket)
lol, my friend put gassoline in his nitro lol. it did nothing. we have put a 50/50 mix of gasoline and 20%nito in his dirt bike and man did that thing ripp(well untill we blew a headgasket
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lol i should try that in my go cart! it is alredy a 13Hp Power fist brand i got at Princess auto! for about 350$ with electric start free!
But i will only put 25 nitro 75 gas mix! That will go!
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RE: Kerosen
The methanol reacts with the glowplug to provide the spark, the nitromethane is for a bit more kick and also to ease tuning. Petrol for instance requires a air:fuel mixture between 16:1 (very lean) and 12:1 (very rich) - a fairly narrow range. Nitromethane on the other hand has a much wider range, as rich as 2:1 and as lean as 6:1 I believe, and it will still burn - so it's extremely tolerant of a wide range of tune, which is good because keeping the mixtures within a tight range over a wide rev/throttle range is difficult.
Planes - on the other hand - work over a smaller rev/throttle range and many can run with 0% nitro. But without that additive to widen the range of mixtures that the engine will run, they are probably more difficult to tune and run well only over a smaller rev/throttle range.
Planes - on the other hand - work over a smaller rev/throttle range and many can run with 0% nitro. But without that additive to widen the range of mixtures that the engine will run, they are probably more difficult to tune and run well only over a smaller rev/throttle range.
