by "aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
Published 03/02/2017 at 16:18
by "aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
Published 03/02/2017 at 16:18
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The EX 181’s unique body was hiding a 1.5 litre twin-cam, supercharged MGA engine that had been tuned to run on 86% methanol laced with nitrobenzene, acetone and sulphuric ether. The engine produced a whopping 290hp at 7,000rpm
Some say they measured the speed by counting how fast the oil dripped out of the engine.
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"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
03/02/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 0
How often did it need a rebuild? That is one high strung engine! (apologies if the article mentions, I’m short on time).
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/02/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
It’s a very pretty thing, I should have it.
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
03/02/2017 at 16:40, STARS: 2
Suplhuric ether? I did have to do some investigation, what this is. I haven’t heard about any useful fuel that would contain sulphur.
There are many different ethers, but the bare word “ether” usually refers to the well-known anaesthetic diethyl ether, otherwise known as ethoxyethane, CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. It used to be known as “sulphuric ether”, because it was made by decomposing alcohol with sulphuric acid. It does not contain any sulphur atoms.
That’s pretty confusing name.
But even better question is that, what is it doing in high performance fuel? It has a high cetane number and it should be only useful for diesel engines. Separate starting fuel?
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/02/2017 at 16:52, STARS: 1
Well, the methanol and other elements may have actually been *too* stable and knock-resistant. Diethyl ether may have been helpful in the role of a combustion flash accelerant.
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
03/02/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 0
no idea, but they probably tore it down after after every event.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
03/02/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 0
“Fastest MG In The World”
So, what, it had a top speed of 90?