I didn’t even think about nitrous when referring to N/A, I consider that a power adder like forced induction. A FBO E85 with max weight reduction and a 175 shot probably isn't considered by most people a traditional “N/A” build anymore. It’s a full blown power adder.
Nitromethane not nitrous. Sorry should have clarified.
His numbers sound right. Throw a skinny tire upfront and run atleast a 275 slick out the back. I don’t know how much smaller you can go on the rear and still get traction on an unprepped surface.
I’ve never heard of nitropropane but it makes more sense that it’s that. Still has oxygen in it like nitromethane but mixes with gas while nitromethane is usually mixed with alcohol.
Looked into it and seems people run both. Nitromethane seems to be way better for hp but looks like you have to run alcohol for it to mix. Most people seem to switch to methanol when running nitromethane but I don’t see why e85 or e98 wouldn’t work with nitromethane aswell. Only reason I see for the methanol is that It’s better than the ethanol for making power.
I know there was a dude on the page who ran a very low 9 second quarter mile that was running nitro. I’ll look to see if I can find some dragy or quarter mile passes or posts with people running it.
Nitro is brutal on elastomers. The exhaust is highly acidic so I’m unsure how the wide band 02’s and OEM ECU function unless the mix percentage is extremely low.
Ya I tried finding some concrete info on mixes or times but either I’m not searching the right stuff or people are not making much info public. I just know that people mention it a lot and that the hardcore guys are defiantly willing to run it. Some guys spend like $20k+ fully building a motor when they could keep the motor stock bolt on a $5k supercharger and make similar power.
Angus Fuel stepped away from making Nitro back in 2006. Fuel teams use Chinese made Nitro, it has a higher purity than domestic but I’m going back almost two decades when Don Schumacher racing was the only guy getting the Offshore Nitro. That’s one of the reasons Tony was unstoppable back then.
A little bit more but ya in the $50-$80 / gal region depending on how much you get and shipping.
