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Re: Hydrazine in a race car [Re: Hot 340] #2263104
03/04/17 04:38 AM
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Re: Hydrazine in a race car [Re: Hot 340] #2263170
03/04/17 12:13 PM
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Ran nitro in our methanol through our stack injection. It was the most fun I ever had racing. Kinsler Fuel Injection setup and flowed my fuel system and suggested how to jet it with different amounts of nitro. I never did burn one up from nitro.
But I did over rev a 572 BBC down in Fla and put rod out the side of the block on a burnout. It was my fault not the nitro, but the nitro did make it easier to do a big burnout.

Used this to measure the nitro %

Re: Hydrazine in a race car [Re: Hot 340] #2264361
03/06/17 04:35 PM
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Dang, I threw a block through the rods!

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Re: Hydrazine in a race car [Re: Hot 340] #2265869
03/08/17 10:54 PM
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My father worked at Brookes Medical Center (Brookes AFB, SAN Antonio). They were running Hydrazine tests for NASA as it was to be used for control Jets on the different space missions. It was used on the space shuttle for a while and was the reason people couldn't approach it after landing for a period of time. Very toxic. Interesting findings: If you place a finger in Hydrazine liquid or residue you can taste it almost immediately because its penetrates the skin. Whether burnt or unburnt it still retains its toxicity. Will kill (very unpleasent) as fast as 10 minutes depending on exposure. Was outlawed many years ago in drag racing but some people still try to sneak it in the fuel mix. The flame is a greenish yellow. Side note, theres been some cases where poison was mixed in hydrazine and the poison acted very quickly.

Re: Hydrazine in a race car [Re: Hot 340] #2265997
03/09/17 02:30 AM
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