ORIGINAL: meowy84
Thanks w8ye. I have heard about the higher oil contect that you have to run in a converted engine (about 16:1 or so?) and also that the more successfukl conversions are usually of larger engines....but curiosity being what it is I'd still like to try a conversion on one or two of my my smaller engines.
You often hear that "high oil content" argument. It goes on, "you'll foul the plugs with all that oil." Do a little arithmetic and you'll see that 16:1 is a lower oil content, percentage-wise, than you run on glow. The reason is that gasoline is inherently oilier than methanol, so it needs less oil added for good lubrication. People run ignition all season on 20% glow fuel with no problems. But the argument goes that you can't do it on gas. Go figure.
Take a look at the glow to gas conversion sub-forum for the straight skinny.
CR