nitromethane!!

has anyone here used nitromethane in their moped? I've heard stories that it works, but have never seen it in practice. my engine is running pretty rich, and being the dumb-ass that i am i'm thinking of running the puch on R/C fuel to get some extra punch out of it. (due to the high fuel/air ratio req'd for nitromethane) but my biggest concerns are overheating and premature detonation due to compression/overheating. if anyone knows anything about this please tell me the best way to go about it, or tel me i'm insane so i can let the idea die!

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milwaukeedave /

you're insane...

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look it up in the wiki. it can be done

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care to link us after searching nitro and nitromethane i got nothing and theres no organization on the wiki

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You would need a separate delivery system for the nitro, last time this came up people agreed that you cant mix nitro with 2stroke oil in your tank because nitro will break the oil up. You would either have to inject nitro into it somehow or run a separate oil injection so you dont have to mix the two...

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Brad of the Mosquitos has a nitromethane bike

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if nitro has no oil in it how come the 2 strokes they run in dont seize? im pretty sure u just need nitromethane oil

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Rc fuel probably contains castor oil.

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you need to mix it with nitromethane 2 stroke oil, or just more castor oil. a lot of the stuff comes premixed. it works decently well, you need decompression to shut it off.

it's a really bad idea though. my honda express did about 45mph on that. it burns hotter, eats up rubber, can burn rings. blah blah blah. you'll also get worse gas mileage.

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but are u faster?

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wow, this sounds like an awesome idea! the cost of nitro is pretty harsh tho. when i get the money to screw arround with it i am definitely trying this! Thanks everybody!

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Roads? where these peds go, we don't need roads..

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Who cares man it's nitromethane! :)

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i only went to this post because i thought it was about Nitro Nick...

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I have an RC plane, the fuel comes pre-mixed and ready to dump in. You will need to nitro-proof all the rubber stuff/fuel lines at least. Get RC plane fuel line to carry fuel, and not dissolve.

Hobby stores carry different mixtures and percentages of nitromethane RC fuel.

It's not so much the nitro, it's the alcohol that the nitro is in that is tough on your engine. Just rig it for alcohol use and put RC (nitro/alcohol proof) fuel line on it. Maybe water cool that bitch, cause it's gonna get hot...

Yup yup, I see no reason it won't work, and maybe even rip.

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