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Gday lads, thought id give a quick report on how i went with this mix

So methanol was $260 205l drum, bp98 $1.?? a litre. and with e85 costing us $550 for 205l here in perth i thought it would be worthwhile giving this ago.

result was 560hp at 21pounds and we ran out of fuel system, as an idea we ran 527 at the same boost level.. but the methanol mix picked up through the middle

would i do the methanol mix again.. probably not, will just finish of this drum and will be trying e85 next

and just so you guys know methanol is poisonous and corrosive it is illegal to be used on the street, even mixed with the petrol it is a very strong methanol smell when burning

details on the build

R32 GTR

ENGINE

built engine

stage 2 hks 272 cams

hks cam gears

TO4Z Garrett

6 boost

48mm turbo smart gate

twin z32 afms

fuel system

sx fuel pump,surge tank,-8 lines

1450 fuel injector clinic

sard reg

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Why did you go Methanol instead of Ethanol?

I can not see any advantages...

was sittin with a good mate that runs methanol in his burnout car and after a few discussions and some research we thought we'd give it a go..

plenty of positives for it lad(e85 in perth is $2.68 per litre my methanol/petrol mix worked out at $1.35 a litre half the price and just as much power potential), unfortunately for me it didnt go as planned, i underestimated the fuel system required.at a guess if i ran another sx pump and some id2000's i have no doubt we would be seeing over 650.BUT i am pretty sure if i run e85 with the same setup i have now i will have the same issue with not enough fuel system..

e85 50% 50% bp like you have used is probably what i will try next, if it doesnt perform the way i want i will upgrade the fuel system too a monster setup

my setup is methanol safe ie. i run a seperate fuel cell in the boot, all lines are teflon, pumps are meth safe, injectors are meth safe. and also this car is not a street car, it isnt even licensed, i would not suggest for anyone to use this type of mix if they were planning on driving it daily or were not prepared to flush the system and store the fuel correctly.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Ran this tune around the track at powercruise for the weekend.. very impressed, feels much stronger through the whole rev range compared to my pump tune.

anyone ever done this mix and successfully made power? any fuel system guru's that could tell me what i need to upgrade to reach my 26-27 psi boost level?

or could the methanol be reduced and the bp increased? what sort of effect on octane does this have?

will still be giving e85 a shot but just curious to give this another crack too..

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the engine bay wiring was the least of my worries tryin to get that car to powercruise man :thumbsup: haha we were still adding terminals to the main battery terminal on saturday morning!! mostly fuel system sh*t, that will eventually be hidden to a junction box somewhere.. yeah was lookin for ya on the cruises, but we were never on the same cruise eh.. saw brockas in my mirror once coming down to the main straight and was hopin for a run.. but he wouldnt come play!! he may have been leavin track or something.. anywayssss

e85 will happen.... but i have a drum of methanol i have to do something with :D

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http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/E8...80&start=80

old news but is a alternative for E85 if you cant get it somewhere.

yeah been following that thread too trent!

Its a convenience thing for me aswell, for example last weekend i was at powercruise here in perth and camped up with some of my v8 mates who run on methanol, so there was plently of methanol to go round..

at the end of the day, i dont drive this car on the street.. and its as simple as undoing and switching two -8 fuel fittings from cell to main fuel tank and flushing with pump 98.. for long term storage.

another thing people may be interested in.. after running 180litres of this mix, my oil is still fine.. i was concerned about it milking up but have had no issues YET.

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