Date:         Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:14:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
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From:         Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: missing
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>re:  why a lean mixture makes it run hotter?
>
>Not sure why but offer that often race cars blow motors
>simply by running out of fuel due to extra heat created in
>the last few seconds of running lean (high rpms
>exacerbates).

When gasoline (or methanol in the case of most racing engines)
vaporizes, it absorbs a tremendous amount of heat energy. So, if the
engine is running lean, less heat is absorbed.


Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net

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