johnm
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Oh good grief. I knew I was going to regret it.
You said
"expect great gobs of extra power"
What did I actually say
"small but useful improvement"
And if you read the BP document in full it includes the following -
"Methanol allows extremely high compression ratios to be used to produce more power. In addition, with methanol the engine can cram more energy into the cylinder for three reasons.The large amount of fuel being consumed.
The cooling effect when methanol evaporates raises the density of the mixture, ie. even greater energy content of the mixture.
Methanol contains oxygen within its chemical structure, which acts like a chemical supercharger. "
Note the " IN ADDITION" bit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even the documents you quote agree with what Im saying if you bother to read the whole thing
And this is really absolutely the last time I post on this subject!
You said
"expect great gobs of extra power"
What did I actually say
"small but useful improvement"
And if you read the BP document in full it includes the following -
"Methanol allows extremely high compression ratios to be used to produce more power. In addition, with methanol the engine can cram more energy into the cylinder for three reasons.The large amount of fuel being consumed.
The cooling effect when methanol evaporates raises the density of the mixture, ie. even greater energy content of the mixture.
Methanol contains oxygen within its chemical structure, which acts like a chemical supercharger. "
Note the " IN ADDITION" bit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even the documents you quote agree with what Im saying if you bother to read the whole thing
And this is really absolutely the last time I post on this subject!