Agreed
I use a 50/50 water/methanol mix in my water injection
I also add methanol with the fuel at the pump - cant use too much as

1. It does not mix with fuel well - not over 20%
2. It burns at a higher temp than fuel I believe

But for me it does a good job, provide plenty more ignition advance and is cheaper than race fuel (I run at circa 26/27 psi)

 

what a rip off! who's going to pay that when you can get a 200ltr drum of proper race fuel delivered for half the price?

 

Chip

Who sells the proper race fuel for half the price? I spoke to Silverstone a few weeks ago and 100RON is £2/L at the moment and increasing!

 

My gaffer races cars, and a while back I asked him how much a drum....about 200 quid. Mind, it was a while ago, and fuel prices have gone up alot I suppose.

 

That would have been at least 10 years ago! £200 for a drum (205 litres) - no chance

 

I couldn't find anything suitable under about £3.00 / litre, but that was delivered.

 

RobS2
Try a search on Methanol

 

The problem with methanol is that it has about half the energy density of petrol. So having a very high octane will mean that it won't det, but in turn won't produce any power. There is much more to getting power from a fuel than just the octane rating, but unfortunately that won't show up on the det link that some people believe is the answer to everything.