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Old 09-15-2008, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by zbrewha863,Sep 15 2008, 08:57 PM
What if you don't live anywhere that is close to a station that carries race gas?
Then you bring the gas to you.

May not be convenient as a local gas station, but they sell the gas in drums.
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That race gas is like meth: it does nothing without a tune. Setting up a second fuel cell is about 10x the work of a meth kit that could be installed in about 4hrs.
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I could see a second fuel cell install being more work then a water/meth kit also. To be honest it would not be necessary either.

The goal is to be able to still use pump gas(which you can get anywhere unlike race gas), and use the water/meth kit to increase the octane rating. It's much easier and cheaper to refill the water/meth tank then it would be for me to drive 30miles to refill on race fuel(closest one to me is 30miles away)

Overall you'll save more money also.
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Yep. $395 for the kit, and a buck per gallon for the mix. You can run peak -20 washer fluid too, which is available almost everywhere. The tank can last up to a month depending on how you use it.
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Originally Posted by SgtB,Sep 16 2008, 12:19 PM
Yep. $395 for the kit, and a buck per gallon for the mix. You can run peak -20 washer fluid too, which is available almost everywhere. The tank can last up to a month depending on how you use it.
Wat! I didn't know that. I get my washer fluid for free so even better. My buddy who works at Acura just fills up 2 liter pepsi bottles at work when we r out lol.

Well say the system was engaged at all time...how long would a 5 gallon tank last? Lets say during heavy tracking the whole time. These are the types of things I'd like to know.
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Be careful what fluid you use. The Peak fluid works because it's almost dead on 50/50 water/methanol with no additives. You don't want to run anything with bug detergents, or other additives that can clog jets, and damage your engine.
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Water/meth on a stock car is completely fine when used with correct jet size. In theory it should even make power without tuning.
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How?
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Originally Posted by SgtB,Sep 17 2008, 06:23 AM
How?
For those of us who can only get 91 octane at the pump, the octane increase alone will help.
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that but also, water has cooling properties.

Something I was curious about: Water cannot be compressed so im wondering if it increases compression at all?


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