groove grabber (Offline)
#51
10/19/12 11:17 PM
I forsee the teams who spent good money this season on the full engine conversions to continue to utilize Ignite for the possible benefit of the increased purse. Those teams are for the most part,this seasons winner's and will see that 2500-5000 come with just a bit less competition. Lap times throughout the season were very comparable so dont expect a runaway with methanol. The smaller teams are again pretty much allowed a larger window to run their engines at optimum fuel curves while the large teams had the resources from the beginning to run at optimum with ignite. Hope everyone can get back to having fun,its added some excitement to our team once again
Shane Cockrum
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onthegas7j (Offline)
#54
10/20/12 3:18 PM
I think they should go to a 410 engine formula to be honest... Pull the sprint car teams up
racing in indy (Offline)
#60
10/24/12 6:46 PM
Ignite has been a trying to build a strong partnership with all the silver crown teams. A fact is ethanol burns at the same temperature as methanol. What everyone made a mistake on is understand how poor the cooling systems in the cars are. Mechanical injection was tougher to adjust versus carbs and electronic fuel injection. We tried working with the teams. Indycar has no problems with the fuel nascar has no problems with the fuel. look at the benefits of ignite it burns 40-48% less fuel less weight in the cars. Engines are designed around the fuel which has made it tougher for these guys to convert over. ignite you can see the flame so its a safer fuel for the drivers, pit crews & safety people. My last point what are racers going to do when Methanol is banned as an additive into fuel. Methanol causes cancer asthma burns your eyes and is not safe period. Ignite is biodegradable the government is starting to crack down on track for pollution and is starting to fine them. Ethanol is alcohol its biodegrable. So what is the industry going to use in 2 years when methanol is banned?? I am not a green person but the writing is on the wall. The US is one of a few countries that allow methanol to be burned thats why it is so cheap no one else is allowed to use it. just some points more to the story