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<blockquote data-quote="James Snover" data-source="post: 16616107" data-attributes="member: 67454"><p>GREAT VIDEO! Nitro methane is funny stuff. In addition to carrying some of its own oxygen, it is a very slow burning fuel. In gas engines, by the time the exhaust valve opens, the temperature and pressure have fallen to the point they don't really impart any more force to the crank. On a top fueler, the piston is still being pushed down even when the exhaust vale is open.</p><p></p><p>By law, nitro-methane can only be shipped in 55 gallon barrels, maximum. Back in the '50's they shipped in train tanker cars. A couple of them self-detonated. The shell of the tank cars were find _miles_ from the site of the explosion, and that was the end of that.</p><p></p><p>For some folks, nitromethane was not enough. In the fifties and sixties several people experimented with adding hydrazine. I'll just pause, here, for those who know their chemistry, to let their panic subside. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it exploded, and after awhile the practice was outlawed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPad using svtperformance.com</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Snover, post: 16616107, member: 67454"] GREAT VIDEO! Nitro methane is funny stuff. In addition to carrying some of its own oxygen, it is a very slow burning fuel. In gas engines, by the time the exhaust valve opens, the temperature and pressure have fallen to the point they don't really impart any more force to the crank. On a top fueler, the piston is still being pushed down even when the exhaust vale is open. By law, nitro-methane can only be shipped in 55 gallon barrels, maximum. Back in the '50's they shipped in train tanker cars. A couple of them self-detonated. The shell of the tank cars were find _miles_ from the site of the explosion, and that was the end of that. For some folks, nitromethane was not enough. In the fifties and sixties several people experimented with adding hydrazine. I'll just pause, here, for those who know their chemistry, to let their panic subside. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it exploded, and after awhile the practice was outlawed. Sent from my iPad using svtperformance.com [/QUOTE]
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