Dunno about the pumps, but methanol can be pretty nasty to rubber bits and aluminum too if not flushed out after use. (reg'd aluminum: if using straight methanol, it'll corrode if left to sit w/o cleaning it out for any real amount of time. As to a mix with gas :shrug: might be fine, might just be slower erosion)

Depending on % mixed in, you'd prolly need to tinker the A/F ratio a bit too as in general it takes 2x the methanol as it would gasoline to get the same result.

 

Something somewhere in my ageing memory tells me I'm not entirely sure that methanol will mix with petrol (or stay mixed & not seperate out).

Here's a link to a test of octane boosters - though it's old (2002) & may not be relevent to your country - [sx] Octane Boosters <long_but worth the read>

 

Adding methanol to the fuel tank of a gasoline powered vehicle will cause all sorts of problems. Your best bet is water injection, the other options like retarding spark or lowering compression will cost you power.

Greg Gordon,
HI Performance Store, Inc

 

Aviation gas if you can get it. Its leaded, has some alcohol in it, but its likely 100+ octane. I'm not sure how hard it is to get in your country. Might be worth a try at a small airport if you can find one. A warning however, the alcohol will attack rubber bits if you let it sit. I run Avgas for race gas sometimes, but I use all of it up without letting it sit on the drive home.

Will

 

Thanks for your answers, I will try to buy Q16 fuel from VP.