Ethanol Beast?

[jr dragster T]

If that's a 22 mm carb then yes it would work.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

That carb will work, gov pulling is optional, it might run longer. Drain the oil out before storing after running meth, it will attack the block.

 

[jr dragster T]

I dont think it would attack the block that fast. Oil is still sitting in my rhino block now. But then again my block is 1/2" thick in the thinnest place.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

All I know is all the flathead people store em dry.

 

[Russ2251]

Methanol eats aluminum.

 

[jr dragster T]

Russ we know that it eat's aluminum. You said it twice. But realy do you think it's going to hurt my engine? BTW we flush gas through them before storing them and that pretty well rinse's everything out.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Only way to get water in oil out is to drain oil and flush with fresh.

 

[Russ2251]

Russ we know that it eat's aluminum.

Methanol eats aluminum.

 

[I like karts]

Yes, that carb will work. And you will have to remove the governor seeing that he's switching the carb which is what the governor was connected to. Just don't get too crazy on the throttle and you'll be fine

 

[martin6249]

Hey Shrub,
I think you have a great idea! Don't let these methanol guys scare you. Ethanol is still alcohol and will help your performance over pump gas. Few racers ever ran it because it was very hard to get and truth be told most would rather drink it than burn it. Actually they run methanol because it will make more power than ethanol. I know a few guys who run ethanol. The big advantage is that it doesn't eat up aluminum like methanol so they don't drain their system between races.

You should have an alcohol carb to start and will have to rejet. Stoichiometric ratio for gas is 15:1, ethanol is 9:1 and methanol is 6.45:1. If you get the jetting right (on the rich side), you could see power increases in the range of 8.5% with no other modifications. Try jets a couple sizes above the size used for pump gas and work from there.