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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: FAQ? (questions about engines)
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:39:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep10.080417.2292@inland.com> bloom@inland.com writes:
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- >Actually nitromethane has less energy per volume than either methanol or
- >gasoline, but the stoichiometric ratio of nitromethane to oxygen is
- >larger than the ratio for the other fuels. This means that you burn a
- >much greater volume of nitromethane per each stroke of your piston, and
- >subsequently produce more heat and more power. In addition, nitromethane
- >by itself is a slower burning fuel than methanol and requires more
- >ignition advance to utilize its chemical energy efficiently. Since
- >model engines do not have an easy way to change the ignition point using
- >a glow plug, high nitro fuels use a lot more propylene oxide to speed
- >up the burn rate of the fuel. As an example, an extremely potent racing
- >fuel might contain 70% nitro, 10% propylene oxide and 20% oil and no
- >methanol.
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- Actually nitro is faster burning, since one must raise the head clearance
- when running more nitro, or one runs into pre-ignition and overheating.In
- model glows (which are in reality a form of glow-assisted diesel) the com-
- pression ratio controls ignition timing. (It might be, though, that what
- nitro does is increase the _effective_ compression ratio, since after all
- there is more of a charge in the cylinder, so maybe the pre-ignition is
- caused by this and not because its "faster burning"..)
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- The propylene oxide might be needed to keep plugs lit after the head is
- raised, though. I've never heard of people putting this much propylene
- oxide in a fuel, though, except for that special 1/2-A blend I posted
- about.
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