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Originally posted by cougar395:
What is the good and the bad of alchol

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Runs cooler, makes more torque, more consistant, cheaper by the gallon (but it burns more than gas so that's a wash).

I don't really know of many downfalls to it once you get the carb bought. It does take longer to warm up, and it usually will need primed with gas the first time you start it everyday. But once it get's some heat in it, it will start right up without the gas. If you keep the motor warm, the oil doesn't need changed any more often than when on gas. I try to keep my water temp around 180* after a pass. I stage aaround 170*, and when I get to the trailer it's usually around 180-185*, and I just shut it and the fan and water pump off. And at the end of the night before I shut it off, I prefer it to be around 190-195* to help evaporate the condensation out of the oil.

I had a mild motor that in my car was running mid 11.20's on gas. I pulled the gas carb off, drained the cell, filled the cell with alchy, bolted my alchy carb on, and without changing plugs or timing, first pass it ran 10.82.