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Re: Substitue for calcium chloride
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Posted by Bus Driver on January 16, 2007 at 17:01:10 from (66.226.57.244):
In Reply to: Re: Substitue for calcium chloride posted by las vegas on January 16, 2007 at 16:47:56:
No, my tires are ballasted with methanol as the antifreeze additive. No doubt about it. Quotes from the Intertnet: "Pure methanol has been used in open wheel racing since the mid-1960s. Unlike petroleum fires, methanol fires can be extinguished with plain water (while methanol is less dense than water, they are miscible, and the addition of water will cause the fire to use its heat to boil the water)." "Methanol is used on a limited basis to fuel internal combustion engines, mainly by virtue of the fact that it is not nearly as flammable as gasoline. Methanol blends are the fuel of choice in open wheel racing circuits like Champcars, as well as in radio controlled model airplanes (required in the "glow-plug" engines that primarily power them)".
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