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Originally Posted by mgty3whlr You are killing me!! If you are trying to save a dime, why don't you hit the kitchen cabinet and use some vegetable oil and the use some rubbing alcohol from the bathroom closet? |
My response to mgty, is that vegetable oil won't burn in these small engines. There is no where near enough compression to ignite it. And like somebody said, its not that I can't afford the fuel, its just the thought that if I can get something similar, for under 1/5 the price, why the hell not??? And I'm not disregarding anything anybody says though, because I did say "all input welcome". As far as the nitromethane carrying in extra oxygen, that's true. And without, there should be some kind of power loss. As how to get more air and fuel in there, I'm not too sure on what to do about that, aside from possibly doing some port work, and using the carb from a larger engine. I really don't want to get into porting though, with 9 ports on the K4.6, I have no idea as to where to begin, I would more than likely F#@! it up royally. A simpler three port motor wouldn't be such a big deal, but that would just be too easy wouldn't it.
My results seem to have improved some more. The engine appears to run slightly cooler. This doesn't make sense to me though. Usually when you switch to a higher nitro content, you run cooler (thats what I've heard at least). And now that I'm running none, and running cooler, I'm baffled. Oh well, don't question it I say.
And for those of you who think I'm some stupid moron for doing this, just ask yourself, just because something seems a little outside the box, out of the norm, does that make it wrong? Do you always play by the rules? I'm just out there trying to find something better, and most importantly of all, cheaper. Haha. Yep, I'm a tight-a$$. There seems to some slight interest in this, so I'll keep posting my findings for those who are interested.
And thanks to whoever posted what oil they mix with the alcohol, that should help out a lot.