Ray, it's been well known for many years that high concentrations of methanol have a bad effect on light metals and their alloys, and on many organic compounds used in engine intake systems. It's been so well known for so long that the racers who use methanol fuel mostly all know about and take precautions which they regard as routine. I would guess they don't talk much about because it isn't news to them.
Low concentrations as resulting from the use of fuel line de-icer apparently don't matter. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Ray J wrote: > Thats funny .. i have been around race engines on and off for years, on > dirt tracks , drag strips, and go karts and have not heard / seen > anything special about them compared to their gasoline burning versions > other than carb setup..... mabey its just on them million dollar indy > car engines... > > Ray J > > > > >I went looking some time back and foun this at a race site. I've seen > >some other references to parts of it. Seems those racecars have > >special engines, thoroughly corrosion-proofed, no exposed aluminium, > >the entire fuel system is internally coated with Teflon and stainless > >steel, the fuel bladder is made of a special compound, the valve > >seats are brass, no fuel is left in the engine overnight, the > >cylinder walls have to be fogged with oil so they won't rust. "Turns > >aluminum to powder..." > > > >There's this too: > >http://www.bera1.org/LA-buses.html > >Los Angeles Evaluation of Methanol- and Ethanol-Fueled Buses _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
