The Church of the Shifting Sands
Pastor Vor presiding

Welcome everyone to The Church of the Shifting Sands. I am Pastor Vor and I'll be here to help guide and inform you on your spiritual Glamis quest.

One of the things we encourage here at the Church is open discussion. I would hope that you can see the Church as a place to share your ideas and opinions. In here is a safe haven where you can feel free to voice you thoughts freely.

I want to emphasize that ALL OPINIONS are excepted here. The only thing I require of you is that you try your best to be honest.

It is important to remember that this IS a church and should be treated as such. Please try not to raise your voice. Do not call people names. Do not encourage criminal activity.

One thing that I REALLY want to try to do is help out the people out there who read this board but have never posted. Maybe they've posted once and never got a reply or maybe they are just a bit shy... This is the spot for you! If you are unsure of what to say or how to say it just write down what you can and I'll try to help. I will try to answer each and every post.

Finally I would like to add that you should feel free to e-mail me with anything.

So, I give you
The Church of the Shifting Sands

Pastor Vor

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Posted on January 25, 2001
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you, one and all, to another glorious meeting of The Church of the Shifting Sands..(can I get an Amen?)
Now it has been pointed out to me, I say, it has been pointed out to me that our church has been attacked, dirtied and soiled by unbelievers. THIS IS OUR PLACE OF WORSHIP, (amen), AND WE SHOULD NOT..WE CANNOT**STAND**FOR THIS!

Now, as all of you know, ours is a church of TOLLERANCE and COMPROMISE. It should be our HIGHEST ORDER. It should be OUR MOST IMPORTANT TASK to EDUCATE and INCLUDE these lost souls, for lost souls they are. Make no mistake. The power of the DUNE GODS is all encompassing. Have faith, my children. Offer up these HEATHENS to your patrons. Take these people by the hand and SHOW THEM the awesomness of the power of the DUNE! No man, no woman, and NO CHILD can withstand the power of the Dune gods forever! Together, we shall erradicate the HEATHENS by bringing them into our fold. The Dune gods will look favoribly on this. They will reward us with virgin dunes and perfect dune days!
Now, go forth...go forth and educate. Educate and they WILL convert. Nothing can withstand the power of the Dune.
HALLELUJAH and PRAISE the DUNE GODS one and ALL!!!

Pastor Vor

As posted by SANDSHARK

few fact about feul from F&L:
and that higher octane does not equal more horsepower.

OCTANE
Octane is a chemical molecule. When referred to as ISO-octane in testing to find the "Octane" of a sample of gasoline, it is the reference fuel with the value of 100. In the testing of gasoline we use two reference fuels. The other one is N-Heptane which has an Octane value of 0 or zero.


OCTANE RATING
This is an anti-knock scale developed in the 1920's to rate the quality of a gasoline's ability to resist knocking or pinging. Samples of any gasoline are placed in a laboratory Knock Engine (this is a small, one cylinder engine with a variable combustion cylinder). While the engine is running, the combustion ratio is increased until the engine begins knocking. Now the gasoline is replaced with N-Heptane with an octane of zero and is mixed with the 100 octane ISO-Octane at various ratios until the motor "knocks." If you end up with 10% N-Heptane and 90% ISO-Octane ratio, your test sample has an octane of 90.

FUEL DENSITY
The weight of gasoline in relation to the weight of water. Gas floats on water so it is lighter; F&L Fuel has a density of .721 lb/gal. The important thing is to always use the same density fuel. Changing fuels can richen or lean an engine. Good race fuels never change their density. Fuel density is kind of like oil viscosity. Heavier weights flow less volume through a given opening. This is the same with gasoline; change the density and you can flow less or more through the same carburetor jet.

KNOCK, DETONATION OR PING
This is an intense pressure wave within the cylinder. The sound you hear is from the actual vibration of the cylinder wall; or if the gas air mixture goes off by itself a micro second before the spark plug fires, you have two intense high pressure waves clapping together and that energy wave hitting each other is the sound you hear.

PRE-IGNITION
This is premature ignition before the spark plug fires, usually caused by something glowing inside the cylinder. Do not confuse this with detonation. It is not the same.

OCTANE REQUIREMENT OF YOUR MOTOR
The sum total of all the factors in your motor's equation. Change the spark plug location, valve timing or valve clearance, compression ignition advance, thermostat, the air cleaner loads up, on and on. All of these will affect the requirement. Put it all together, test it and the engine will tell you what it needs. Add one more octane than it requires and it won't go any faster.

Higher octane does not equate to more horsepower.

Modern Formula One engines in Europe run on octane around 100. As modern racing engines are developed, particularly with electronic fuel management systems, the octane requirement will go down due to the electronic management system's ability to instantaneously monitor air fuel ratio, outside ambient temperature and altitude, and engine running condition.

CFR ENGINE
Cooperative Fuel Research. The small, one cylinder engine that the lab uses to rate the octane of gasoline. The difference between research octane and motor octane is that the engine turns at 600 RPMs for research and 900 RPMs for motor octane tests. Also during the motor octane test, the intake manifold is heated to increase the air temperature going into the carburetor.

FLASH POINT
The lowest temperature at which the fuel vapors will burn. Gasoline's flash point is usually around minus 20f.

FREEZING POINT OF GASOLINE
Point at which hydrocarbons start to form crystals. Then they fill in the venturi of the carte and the motor quits. To retard this problem, add less than one percent of Isopropyl alcohol.

REID VAPOR PRESSURE (RVP)
Tendency of the gasoline to evaporate. Too high a RVP and fuel might boil or evaporate in the pump or fuel lines and a fuel pump won't pump vapors. Too low and the engine won't start when cold. Racing fuels have a RVP of approximately 5.0 PSI.

STOCHIOMETRIC AIR FUEL RATIO
The exact air fuel ratio required to completely combust a fuel to water and carbon dioxide. You get all the energy out of the fuel at this point. This air fuel ratio is almost impossible to achieve. Racing gasoline ideally burns at a 14:1 ratio. (14 parts air, 1 part gas).

STORING RACING FUEL
Store in the drum, not in your fuel tank or fuel cell. Anytime you wash your racer or get it wet you get water in the vented fuel cell. Don't race with old fuel, put ethyl or isopropyl alcohol in the fuel cell before reuse, 5-8 oz. Do not use rubbing alcohol, it already has 25% water in it. Direct sunlight exposure to plastic fuel containers can harm gasoline. Gasoline can be stored for months without deterioration if it is absolutely closed to the atmosphere. F&L Fuel is packaged in 55 gallon drums with a nitrogen blanket over the gasoline to increase the storage life.

SAFETY
Follow material safety data sheet (MSDS) instructions regarding shipping, handling, and storage of your racing gas. MSDS can be obtained from your fuel manufacturer upon request.