gasoline in FAI fuel?

[Bill Glaze]

Also interesting to me is how the stuff mixes.  When I was racing, to 
get gas and alky to homogenize, we had to add about 2% benzine. 
(benzol.)  Bill Glaze

Troy Newman wrote:

>Gasoline also destroys  other silicone parts like Fuel tubing, and O-rings
>in glow motors.
>
>TN
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>Gasoline also destroys the silicone bits in a YS pump.
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>Dean Pappas
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>Wayne:
>Gasoline has the highest specific heat value.  Methanol has about 1/2
>the specific heat, and nitro has about half the specific heat of
>methane, or about 1/4 the heat value of gasoline.  The reason that nitro
>is such a h.p. builder, is because you can, if necessary, run a hellish
>amount of the stuff, because it makes it's own Oxygen. Same as double
>base gunpowder.  Adding nitroglycerine helps the combustion, at the
>expense of greater barrel erosion.  Or, as we used to say:  "Nitro
>destroys bank accounts."
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>Bill Glaze
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>Wayne Galligan wrote:
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>>Yes... I am interested in hearing this theory.   I thought gasoline had
>>fewer btu's then alcohol and how does it aid in ignition?   Does it retard
>>ignition or advance it?
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>>Lance V. has been running FAI fuel through his engines as an after run to
>>dissipate the nitro left over in the engine.  I am waiting for his results
>>as he just started doing this in the last few months,
>>
>>Wayne G.
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>> Youre saying add 15% gasoline to FAI fuel? Does the power compare to
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>nitro
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>>fuel and how about the idle?
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>> ray ayestaran <pizzaalt at concentric.net> wrote:
>>   nitro is causing that bearing rust, try fai fuel with 15%gas added also
>>don't run your engine dry after flying, just drain tank allow some oil to
>>protect bearings from moisture. a soft mount without nose ring will allow
>>engine to oscillate around crank putting much more pressure on bearings at
>>unintended angles. have you ever held a mechanical gyro while spinning - if
>>you move it left, right, up or down it will not react but as soon as you
>>twist it off axis it will drop rpm and fight.
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