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Originally Posted by MuffinFlavored
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Originally Posted by Miko M
Most people don't know this but, Methanol is actually good for your car
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While it's true that gasoline has a higher energy density (about 18,400 BTU/pound) than methanol (9,500 BTU/pound), if you can burn three times more methanol than gasoline per power stroke, you can make more power.
Gasoline, when it undergoes a phase change can suck out about 150 BTUs of heat energy per pound of fuel, which results in a temperature drop.
Methanol, on the other hand, takes 506 BTUs per pound of fuel of heat energy to make the phase change.
When the engine flowing 1,000 cfm of air, the 5.6 pounds of gasoline will take about 840 BTUs of energy, versus 8,855 BTUs for methanol—more than 10 times as much. This is what makes methanol such an effective fuel in forced-induction applications like turbocharging and supercharging, and it absorbs so much heat that an intercooler often isn't even needed.