methanol in high volumes can be hard on seals but the small amount that is injected and for such a short amount of time (only when in boost) isnt going to hurt anything

 

beat me to it! if you run a high mix of meth on large jets, then yeah, it's no good. if you run the cheap wiper 70/30 mix, you're good to go


i addressed your concerns with the people at snow performance, madman. i heard the same stuff and after it was explained to me (they can answer anything you ask about it. these people actually know their stuff), i was sold on it.

 

Hey like I said Nan, I got nothing but respect for your knowledge and opinions on here. I am not real knowing so far as methanol injection. Alcohol race cars I know a little about but thats apples to oranges. I enjoy the friendly back and forth, it's how I learn.

 

i know. i'm just saying i had the same concerns as you and they were addressed by snow performance.

 

I believe the upper ends of safe with methanol is 20% by volume with gasoline. Water/Meth injection comes nowhere close to that amount and all of the bad things methanol can do are never realized in a water/meth injection application.

While this seems to go along with proponents of water/meth injection, it is also the basis for my argument against the octane benefit of water/meth injection as even at 20% by volume, staright methanol only boosts 93 octane by a handful of points.

If you don't have an intercooler you are simply nuts for not having a water/meth setup, especially with all of the safety mechanisms already discussed.

 

so is the bar and plate desiegn a good one to go with?

 

A 2 core is just that 2 cores. When 1 won't provide enough cfm they go for 2, when 2 isn't enough... 3, ect.... If you look at some of the pictures you can see the welded seams on some. Sizing all depends really on how much cfm your engine flows. Like sizing a turbo or turbos, you want to get as close to your engines cfm flow as you can for the most efficient setup. If you run too big of an intercooler you get more lag & a higher pressure drop at full boost, that ends up in believe it or not, a less efficient setup. Running too big will also chance blocking your radiator from the air it requires. Too small & you'll have low heat exchange.
Methanol will work perfectly fine providing you use a diluted mix. a 50/50 is fine.