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Meth Injection: 50/50 Mix vs. 100% Methanol?

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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 10:55 AM
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Meth Injection: 50/50 Mix vs. 100% Methanol?

I've always ran a 50/50 of DI water and Denatured Alcohol in my injection system. The Denatured Alcohol is pretty expensive, around $15 for a gallon at Home Depot. I recently found out that there is a new race shop in two that sells VP M1 Methanol for $4 a gallon.

What cools down the intake air temps are reducing pining better.....a 50/50 mix of meth and water, or 100% methanol?

Any info would be great.

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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 12:44 PM
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50/50, the water vapor is what's doing most of the cooling, the methanol is enriching the fuel.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BlwnAway
50/50, the water vapor is what's doing most of the cooling, the methanol is enriching the fuel.
Meth also adds octane, allowing for more timing. So there is a tradeoff.

Tune is very important. My SC BMW makes the most power with 100% with conservative AFR's. Meth merely richened up my AFR's until I got a proper tune.

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Jerry
 
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