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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 08:34 PM
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just on performence alone, which would be better performence wise with my set-up?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 08:49 PM
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I absolutely LOVE methanol. You won't get 20 or 25 hp out of it but you will gain a lot of torque and maybe 5-7 hp on top. It's a lot less hassle finding it (for me anyway), the power is always there, it runs MUCH cooler, it LOVES high compression, and it is not nearly as hard on your engine.

In a 300' drag going to alky alone gave me an extra 4 bike lengths.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 09:35 PM
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like the nos but when it is gone it's done. alky will be there all the time, more oil changes, for where you are the alky might be the trick. but the nitrous is great.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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i am kinda scared of the nos scattering my motor.how hard is alky on a motor? hmmmm what about alky and nos??? lol.. im sure somone is running both..
 
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 10:56 PM
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how much does it cost to put it on alky?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 11:16 PM
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so all i have to do is get the bigger jets and the alky and im ready to go?
 
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 12:44 AM
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BartlettRacing is right on the money again. N2O and extremely high compression don't really go well together.
I don't want to be a wet blanket here, but I want to talk about the down side of alkie. They arn't really problems, just things you have to do and things you need to know about the stuff.

If you run rich and have a habit of not changing your oil, your going to have problems. Alkie is hard on bearings if you let it thin out your oil. Change it like your underware and you will be fine!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
Alkie is hard(er) to light off. Have a good ign. system to light the fire.
Don't leave alkie in the tank, lines, carb, for a long time unless you like to clean snott out of these parts. So much the worse if you live in humid areas. Purge it with gas.
Alkie is hard on certain metal parts and some rubber. It is pretty corrosive stuff.

One more thing, I do agree with all of these posts, give it a try and see what you think!!
 
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 01:34 AM
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With having to change the oil more often, I know some guys that do it after every hard weekend of riding. Do you guys change the filter every time? I could see draining and filling with fresh but to change the filter everytime, especially for the 00 model guys could get really monotonous.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 10:12 AM
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nice thing is you could try the alky and then if it isn't right for you go to nitrous
 
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