Originally Posted by
Maximo
actually nitro needs 1/7th the amount of O2 to burn then methanol..... that is why Nitro has so much more capacity to make power..... even tho nitro actually has half the BTU's of methanol you can burn so much more nitro that you end up making more power... As you say an engines O2 intake is pretty much fixxed, so the only way you can make more power is find a fuel that requires the least amount of O2 to combust........
Amen to that, Maximo.
Well writen, and we have got an another view to the question
Personal I have a hard time finding out why you will need all that nitro in a off-road car: If you haven't got a bluegroove or carpet track, you end up making a lot of wheelspin with all that nitro. Go down in nitro, and always use hard springs in the clutch. If you have too much wheelspin, use a bigger bell (and gain even longer runtimes). If the gearing now is too high, and the engine doesn´t come up in max. RPM at the end of the straight, you should use a shorter header to reduce the bottom power, and stick to the first bell.