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Old 05-18-02 | 12:45 PM
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Douse your dizzy cap with WD40.
Old 05-18-02 | 01:46 PM
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I sprayed some silicon sealant (for ignition parts) around the cap and all the plug connections.
Old 05-18-02 | 03:29 PM
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Originally posted by mar3
FI is far better in terms of all-around driveability, I agree, bbuuutttt, in terms of pure horsepower, FI systems still have not beaten the trusty race carb set-up...BION....
I have to disagree. The premiere race cars all use FI, with the exception of drag racing. (F1, FIA rally, CART, Le Mans). The carb is sometimes easier and cheaper to make mucho power, because it has been researched and developed for forever and a day. But FI is the best fuel delivery system.
Old 05-18-02 | 04:54 PM
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I have to disagree. The premiere race cars all use FI, with the exception of drag racing.
Only some classes of top-tier drag racing require carbs. If you look, many classes have fuelie cars. I'm not keen on specifics but I do know that Pro Stock has a "spec" carb of sorts (this may change in the future) but Top Fuel definitely has fuel injection.
Old 05-18-02 | 06:19 PM
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that shows my drag racing ignorance. I did not know the top fuel cars were injected. Now that I think about it are they not Nitromethane Injected, or Alchohol injected. DUH
Old 05-19-02 | 03:17 AM
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Top Fuel is nitromethane. If you want to burn alky you need to go down to classes like Top Alcohol.

Fuelers run A/F ratios around 1:1... stoich is 2:1 but they need to run them that rich or the engine won't last very long. (Keep in mind that an acceptable engine life is only losing 2 cylinders by the end of the run!)
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