Methanol injectors..

[Mazda Ebrahimi]

Michael D. Porter wrote:
> 
> Seth Allen wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Michael D. Porter wrote:
> > >
> > > Seth Allen wrote:
> 
> > Methanol buses, huh? where do (did) busues run on methanol?Ford and Chrysler still sell flexible fuel vehicles (can run on any blend of methanol or 
gasoline).
> Don't have the alcohols book handy, but latent heat of vaporization is
> probably not remarkably different.  The octane equivalence is probably
> not much different, either, in comparison to gasoline.  Don't quote me,
> but I thought that eth was in the neighborhood of 108, and meth about
> 115-118. I don't have a fuels handbook at hand, and I've probably killed
> a few brain cells since I last looked at one. <g>
> 
> The other consideration is that methanol is a handling problem...
> whether you drink it, splash it on your skin, or inhale vapors, it's
> poisonous. Blindness is a real problem if you're careless with it.  Fire
> is another problem--it burns with virtually no visible flame, so a fire
> can be in full progress before you notice anything visible. In these
> regards, it's definitely not for the faint of heart. <g>
> M85 is the most common blend.  You can visually see the flame.

Also, someone suggested running on methanol during high power and gasoline at other 
times.  This may be a problem with stock injectors, because you will need roughly twice 
as much methanol (in weight) as you do gasoline.  So injector sizing may be a nightmare.