Gasoline 20,943 BTU’s/lb - 14.7:1 air/fuel ratio - 1415 BTU’s/lb of air
Methanol 9,770 BTU’s/lb - 6.4 air/fuel ratio - 1527 BTU’s/lb of air.
Not as good a heat source as gasoline, but you can run more of it.
Methanol gets you about 22% more bang and runs much cooler. You will see ice on the fuel system on a cool day.
Roughly twice as much methanol as gasoline.
Nitromethane 5,160 BTU’s/lb - 1.7:1 air/fuel ratio - 3035 BTU’s/lb of air.
Nitromethane gets you 123% more heat. Even a little adds a bunch of power.
On a previous team I was told it was
gas: 13:1
methanol: 8:1
70% nitro/29% methanol/1% benzene: 2:1
By Dean's numbers, we would have been rich on gas and lean everywhere else. From what I have seen here, I'd use 6.5:1 as a planning figure. Although I would never run methanol over a lambda of 1.1 for fear of washing the oil film off. JMHO.
