""I know, from experience, that you can make costly mistakes with
any fuel, if you try hard.""
Tom, or another way, "I know from experience that you can make costly mistakes
with any fuel" that is the key verbiage for sure, no doubt, as far as
trying hard or not enough that is the question,,,,,I would like to think that I
tried hard NOT to make costly mistakes, at least that is the line I am sticking
to, results not always good though
Joe
"Thomas E. Bryant" wrote:
> Glen,
> My reply was passing on what Bill Temple told me. (At that time I had
> not yet used my system) He said that he was running alky & nitro with a
> gasoline/nitrous addition. At the time he was convinced that it work
> well. I know, from experience, that you can make costly mistakes with
> any fuel, if you try hard.
>
> Tom, Redding - #216 D/GCC
>
> glen barrett wrote:
> >
> > Tom
> > The Gotcha roadster, Bill & Greg Temple did run NOS. When Greg turned it on
> > about the two mile it banged real hard, lifted the blower and the car spun
> > several times. When we got to the car Greg was out and looking over the
> > engine. My self and Cagle were laughing at the Enderle Injector as when it
> > banged the three butterflys bent around the shaft and looked like TACO'S.
> > Somewhere in there should have been a working burst panel. They do work.
> > Just a little history from the best seat in the house.
> > Glen
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> > To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>;
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: Another Fuel Question
> >
> > > Dick,
> > >
> > > I have no idea what percentage of our people use nitrous, or nitro, but
> > > it can be run together, and some do. The engine doesn't care what you
> > > mix nitrous with. I was told that the nitrous works to reduce detonation
> > > with nitro. I believe that the "Gotcha" roadster ran that combo.
> > >
> > > Tom. Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
> > >
> > > Dick J wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Out of curiosity:
> > > > What percentage of LSR fuel racers use Nitrous?
> > > > What percentage of LSR fuel racers use Nitro?
> > > > Can nitrous and nitro be run together? -
> > > > -(Without making a big mushroom shaped cloud that is.)
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