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PKRWUD · 11-08-2001, 04:16 AM

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65 goat-
If methanol conversions are legal in your state, do it. Otherwise, your sister had better be married to the tech giving the test. We run methanol in our Sprint car, and the exhaust will burn your eyes out and peel the lining from your lungs. If you think for a minute that no one would notice, you're wrong. Everyone within 100 yards of your car will know.

Topless (that really is a great name)-
Alcohol can and will damage your regulator and destroy your injectors unless you are very, very careful. If you follow Units suggestion, which, by the way, is very clever, you will be walking a very, very fine line between success and failure. Success will be passing the emissions tests, and failure will be a damaged fuel system. Alcohol is very hard on plastics and rubber, and will eat up your injectors unless it is flushed right away. That is why you will always see seperate gasoline fuel system parts and alcohol fuel system parts. Well, that and the fact that it takes twice as much alcohol as it does gasoline to ignite the mixture. That's why alcohol parts are so damn big! FYI: a gasoline Holley 750 on a dirt track car typically runs 85 jets, whereas the same setup running alcohol requires 160 jets! Anyway, if you decide to attempt this, PLEASE make sure you stop at the very first gas station you come to, after the test, and fill it up with the LOWEST octane gas they have. This will help compensate for the octane increase the alcohol creates, and will allow the alcohol to burn out quicker.

Or, you could always call that relative in Florida and register your Mustang there. You'd be done with emissions testing for good! (doesn't everyone have a grandparent in Florida?)

Take care,
-Chris

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11-08-2001, 04:16 AM	#6
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	****!! Hunt and peck for 20 minutes and it loses my reply. I need to learn how to type. 65 goat- If methanol conversions are legal in your state, do it. Otherwise, your sister had better be married to the tech giving the test. We run methanol in our Sprint car, and the exhaust will burn your eyes out and peel the lining from your lungs. If you think for a minute that no one would notice, you're wrong. Everyone within 100 yards of your car will know. Topless (that really is a great name)- Alcohol can and will damage your regulator and destroy your injectors unless you are very, very careful. If you follow Units suggestion, which, by the way, is very clever, you will be walking a very, very fine line between success and failure. Success will be passing the emissions tests, and failure will be a damaged fuel system. Alcohol is very hard on plastics and rubber, and will eat up your injectors unless it is flushed right away. That is why you will always see seperate gasoline fuel system parts and alcohol fuel system parts. Well, that and the fact that it takes twice as much alcohol as it does gasoline to ignite the mixture. That's why alcohol parts are so damn big! FYI: a gasoline Holley 750 on a dirt track car typically runs 85 jets, whereas the same setup running alcohol requires 160 jets! Anyway, if you decide to attempt this, PLEASE make sure you stop at the very first gas station you come to, after the test, and fill it up with the LOWEST octane gas they have. This will help compensate for the octane increase the alcohol creates, and will allow the alcohol to burn out quicker. Or, you could always call that relative in Florida and register your Mustang there. You'd be done with emissions testing for good! (doesn't everyone have a grandparent in Florida?) Take care, -Chris ------------------ Retired Moderator MustangNet My site: Peckerwoods Pit Stop My teams site: Jim Porter Racing RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR HEY !!! Are you ASE Certified ??? If you are, ask me about iATN.