My have things changed
Over 10 years ago when people posted their new truck HP figures people were coming back with posts like: "When is the HP madness going to stop." "This HP thing is out of of control, it's madness". "Wh...
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E&J push'n wind wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:jaycocamprs wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:BenK wrote:
Gasoline has fewer BTU's per unit measure than diesel, so diesel will most always produce more power per gallon
Nope. Not the way it works Ben. Nitomethane is the most commonly used powerful motor fuel ever. Look up how many BTU's it has.
Yea but the nitro cars are burning close to 5 gallons of it, in a 1000 feet
Nope. Try 13 to 15 gallons/ run.
And that's my point. It has so little BTU's/gallon it take a lot of fuel to make a run.
Wow, everybody bit on that one! The subject was about gasoline and diesel right? Not methane, butane, propane, nitromethane, JP5, solid oxide (since we went down that road) or any other fuel. Nitromethane is just a bit off topic and not germane to the subject. It wasn't hard to understand what BenK stated, "Gasoline has fewer BTU's per unit measure than diesel (any dispute?), so diesel will most always produce more power per gallon." It can be added (than gasoline) for anyone that may have missed it or didn't understand that point. Forgive me if this comes across as "mean spirited" but this definitely took a left turn down the rabbit hole.
It's interesting that although diesel has a little ore BTUs per gallon it has about the same BTUs per pound as gasoline.
