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Old 04-12-2013, 04:42 AM
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Ones made from of corn and the other made from wood. Both are 90% alcohol and both have been used as fuel. One guy I know of lives in a small where methanol is rare to find so he uses denatured alcohol when spraying to cool his turbo'd truck. Any thoughts?
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Its an alcohol so it will work.. its just silly expensive here.
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It does not cool as well as methanol as per Julio at alkycontrol.
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denatured alcohol is just ethanol. lower octane and less cooling than methanol. i get methanol for $2.50 a gal. denatured is more like $8-10 a gal. be silly not to just get the good stuff.
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After much research, I'm switching over from my current 50/50 W/M to straight meth. I don't use a w/a a/a intercooler. My piping goes straight from the NOVI blower to the TB. I introduce the spray after the TB jetted through a Snow Performance carb spacer into a wet, single plane intake manifold.

Now my next question for all you men..... I currently run a Snow Performance Stage 2 with a progressive contoller with two .0625 jets.

Now here's the question.... Is the kit I have fine, or will I have to an upgrade when switching over to straight meth?

Another question. Here's a pic of my piston's after 4 year's using 50/50 w/m. When I switch over to straight meth will they look the same?
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The snow pump is not rated for strait meth. Might find a pump that is for safety. Not sure if the snow pump will crap out or not.
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I always run 100% meth, but I have stopped by home depot and bought some denatured alchohol in a pinch. It works,but is expensive and not the best solution.
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