What do you keep the meth in on the bike if you don't use the tank provided in the kit?
Rook if you look closely at pic 3 you will see custom Meth Tank Built into the frame of the swing arm. Cap on the top will tell some people that's not usual but I'm hoping most miss it. Glad you didn't see it.
I guess the cooling effect might be one big advantage of the water/meth system. If all you do is up the turbo boost, you get more hp but you also get more heat.
Exactly, let me explain a little about the reasoning for my addition of Methanol.
I’m going to use 91 octane pump gas as my fuel since that seems to be the highest and most available. When adding a turbo or increasing the boost, we are greatly increasing the compression of the motor.
So how much boost can be added before the motor goes Boom? This is where we talk about the knock threshold. If you add boost, you need to add fuel. That part is simple, more air + more fuel = more hp.
Issue is we can’t we just install huge fuel injectors and run 30 psi because every fuel has a point where it Auto Ignites and 91 octane reaches that limit far before we ever see that 30psi.
To raise the “Anti-Knock Index” is the game at hand here. If we increase our effective octane ratio we can add more boost. The biggest reason "Any" alcohol injection is effective, is the increased octane it has over 91 pump gas. Methanol (Meth) has a (MON) rating of 105. So when Meth is sprayed into the intake it effectively raises the octane of fuel that is injected into the combustion chamber. More octane = more boost, Sweeeeet.
Water in itself IS NOT a means to increase your octane but when injected into the motor, it evaporates upon entry into the combustion chamber absorbing lots of heat as it does so. This allows our 91 octane fuel to remain stable even at higher boost levels.
That's the coles notes of my End Game here. I've wanted to try this from day one when I got into Boost back in 2007. Short summers equals to little time.
With the kit now currently installed, learning to tune with Methanol begins. Should not take me long, then 2 lbs more Boost going in. From here we see if Motor stays together. With the ZX14 Each pound of Boost equals 15 to 16 hp. This will truly test the limits with zero room for error. I have Never Blown up a Turbo Bike. 2015 may be my year. Hoping With my Turbo Flash Joined with Methanol/water my risk is greatly reduced.
Still in shock stedman can get 340hp out of a All stock motor. I'd call BS but one never knows for sure. Maybe once lol
* Last updated by: Romans on 3/18/2015 @ 4:39 PM *