ORIGINAL: ponda
Nitro-methane is almost impossible to buy around here except in large quantities...Years ago some of the fuel guys used nitro-benzine in place of the nitro...made your fuel smell like shoe polish, but don't think I saw any damaging results..anyone know of a way to get past the nitro supply problem...one supplier said he couldn't sell it staright anymore since 911...it has to be 50-50 nitro and alcohol....any replies on this ...curious..
Nitrobenzine is supposed to be really bad for your skin. I know a guy who bought the nitro fuel business in the area from the old guy who started it. The old boy was in real trouble with lesions all over everywhere he ever got the stuff on himself.
Some of us tried it back when the old boy was selling it and it was not as easy to use as nitromethane. It certainly didn't win any converts. You often got bad engine runs. We tried it in rat racers and combat planes.
If it were the only nitro available, I still wouldn't mess with it.