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Old 03-09-2008, 01:21 PM
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Bobby,
just to be clear, the only thing you've done to the car since it was running fine is add the methanol kit? If "yes", I'd definitely look at the size of the jet you're running (i.e., go to a much smaller one - consider what Adam was saying about the atomization of the spray)
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The speedometer is all over the map now too
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I really can't remember where the speedo wires run, but there are a bunch of them behind your tanks mounting location...
that is where I ran my large gauge wire and was real cautious to avoid them when I took the hole saw in there.

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I looked over the speedo wiring and it looked fine ......
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going to go check the TPS in a minute here.....
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Dom Portwood: Hi, Bobby. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.
Bobby Gibbons: Yeah. The coversheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it.
Dom Portwood: Yeah. Did you get that memo?
Bobby Gibbons: Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. And the problem is just that I forgot the one time. And I've already taken care of it so it's not even really a problem anymore.
Dom Portwood: Ah! Yeah. It's just we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!
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Ah, a reference to the Office Space TPS enforcer...
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The meth kit is out of the car now.....

The issue that I ran into was even the smallest jet was still too much. The kit was designed for Cobra applications, but I had hoped that the most conservative jet would be okay for the EG33. No, luck though. I ran RIDICULOUSLY rich. So it is out with a zex dry shot kit going in instead. I believe that methanol would be a great addition to my set up but something a lot more controllable and more finely tunable.
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The meth kit is out of the car now.....

The issue that I ran into was even the smallest jet was still too much. The kit was designed for Cobra applications, but I had hoped that the most conservative jet would be okay for the EG33. No, luck though. I ran RIDICULOUSLY rich. So it is out with a zex dry shot kit going in instead. I believe that methanol would be a great addition to my set up but something a lot more controllable and more finely tunable.
I don't know what size jet comes with that kit, but have you looked at McMaster-Carr for alternate sizes (misting nozzles). When my friend ran the Pike's Peak hillclimb in his rallycar a few years ago, I had to design a water-misting system for his intercooler, radiator, and oil cooler. I managed to put together a complete water-misting system for about $180, mostly thanks to McMaster! I ended up with 5 nozzles of various orifice sizes to spray continuously for the 14 miles up the hill without overheating his car. Worked like a charm.
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Just a suggestion.....but you might try a slightly different approach. Instead of a system that comes on when you transition to positive pressure, perhaps a system that only comes on when you're at peak pressure. An adjustable Hobbs switch works well for this.

Replacing the welding nozzles with water misters is a good idea. A much smaller mist nizzle will work better with an electric pump driving the fluid. Also consider a 50/50 mix of denatured alcohol/distilled water.

So uh, basically, a whole different system
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