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Alcohol (Maintenance) #658009 04/01/10 12:54 PM 04/01/10 12:54 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 86 ms W w2dak394 OP member
w2dak394 OP member W Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 86 ms	Thinking about running alcohol in my dak. that im building. What are pros and cons of alcohol? What kind of extra maintenance does it require? Can you run nitrus with alcohol?

Re: Alcohol (Maintenance) [Re: w2dak394] #658010 04/01/10 01:13 PM 04/01/10 01:13 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,075 oregon G greendart408 super stock
greendart408 super stock G Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,075 oregon	I run alky in my motor.... all I do is run a good top lube and at the end of the year take the belt drive pump off and put some oil in it for winter storage. I also at the end of the day running the car plug all the vents to the tank. This keeps corrosion from forming...Also get it up to temp 190 os so before shutting it off as this burns the moisture out of the oil. I have had zero problems doing it this way.

Re: Alcohol (Maintenance) [Re: greendart408] #658011 04/01/10 01:33 PM 04/01/10 01:33 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,288 Oregon sg66mopar pro stock
sg66mopar pro stock Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,288 Oregon	...Also get it up to temp 190 os so before shutting it off as this burns the moisture out of the oil. I have had zero problems doing it this way. I have to do this same procedure running race gas because of the aluminum motor. I think it's a good idea with any race motor just to keep the rust inside to a minimum.

Re: Alcohol (Maintenance) [Re: greendart408] #658012 04/01/10 01:38 PM 04/01/10 01:38 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	Quote: I run alky in my motor.... all I do is run a good top lube and at the end of the year take the belt drive pump off and put some oil in it for winter storage. I also at the end of the day running the car plug all the vents to the tank. This keeps corrosion from forming...Also get it up to temp 190 os so before shutting it off as this burns the moisture out of the oil. I have had zero problems doing it this way. How many years have you been running alky?

Re: Alcohol (Maintenance) [Re: Challenger 1] #658013 04/01/10 01:46 PM 04/01/10 01:46 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,314 The Swamp MegaDart master
MegaDart master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,314 The Swamp	no more maintenance than gas really. Long as your tuneup is good. I run Klotz Uplon toplube with a Moroso vac pump and pretty much maintenance free. I change oil 25-30 passes but do the same on my gas motor. Been running all kinds of alky systems over 10years.

Re: Alcohol (Maintenance) [Re: Challenger 1] #658014 04/01/10 02:48 PM 04/01/10 02:48 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,075 oregon G greendart408 super stock
greendart408 super stock G Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,075 oregon	Quote: Quote: I run alky in my motor.... all I do is run a good top lube and at the end of the year take the belt drive pump off and put some oil in it for winter storage. I also at the end of the day running the car plug all the vents to the tank. This keeps corrosion from forming...Also get it up to temp 190 os so before shutting it off as this burns the moisture out of the oil. I have had zero problems doing it this way. How many years have you been running alky? I also run a star machine vac pump.. been running it for 2yrs....

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