Alky storage

[hensleyt]

Did the search and got good advice, but what is long term storage? just installed the ALKY last week and the race was rained out,next race April 23-24.Tank is full.I dont drive the car much and it will sit some times two week and some time four weeks .It sits in a enclosed garage,My friends methanol car they drain all the fuel remove the fuel pump belt and pump ATF through pump all the way up to the spray nozzles.I don't see were any one went that far, but we have high humidity in Hawaii. Thanks

 

[Razor]

If its going to sit less than a few months.. no worries.

More than that.. maybe consider draining and flushing with water.

 

[BoostedTtype]

Good question.... Thanks now I dont have to ask...

 

[hensleyt]

out of storadge

I flushed the tank and pump with water mid April.At the end of July I will take It out for some test and tune for the Labor day drags, I'm sure I just add the methanol to the tank put the hose in bucket push test button.About how much flood tell you call it good?maybe a quart?Question #2 got one gallon of M1 left and 5 gallons of M5,whats really wrong with M5?

 

[Razor]

M5 has an additive.

Just get it flowing out the nozzle and hook it up

Hth

Julio

 

[hensleyt]

filled the tank pushed the test ,meth ran out all is good,thanks.VP fuels has a good page on the M1 and M5 , In Tech FAQs section under Methanol. Can M3 or M5 be used with methanol inj?Wish I knew how to post that page.Better explanation why not to use M3 & M5 in our injection system other than NO it wont work or it will wreck the pump.I think that page should be a sticky.

 

[Kurt04]

filled the tank pushed the test ,meth ran out all is good,thanks.VP fuels has a good page on the M1 and M5 , In Tech FAQs section under Methanol. Can M3 or M5 be used with methanol inj?Wish I knew how to post that page.Better explanation why not to use M3 & M5 in our injection system other than NO it wont work or it will wreck the pump.I think that page should be a sticky.

Old thread but I found the page you were talking about:

http://www.vpracingfuels.com/index.html?Action=Question&ID=1997

Can M3 or M5 be used with a methanol injection kit?

I'd use regular methanol like VP's M1 for the injection. This is what I personally use. All you are using the injection for is to cool the air charge. This is how you get more power, because you can add more timing or boost with a cooler charge. M3 has a hydrocarbon in it and won't pull the heat like M1. M5 has a hydrocarbon and a combustion additive. I would definitely not use this. It could have bad results by combusting in the air inlet tube between the turbo and the throttle body. M1 is your best choice​

 

[hensleyt]

thanks for finding that ,that came up at the drags a few weeks ago