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Methanol Dyno | Building a Monster Truck 3

Gale begins fingerprinting a blown methanol Chevy Monster Truck engine to find out how much power the diesel engine will need to compete. You may be thinking, “Isn’t Gale a diesel guy?” Well, Gale is a forced induction guy. He built his first blown Chevy engine in 1960 and didn’t start on diesel until 1978.

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About the Methanol Engine

The blown Chevy engine is a 540-inch, big block with Brodix heads and an 871 Blower. It’s electronically injected using the Holley Dominator ECU. The Blower is Teflon and there’s an additive in the methanol to help with longevity.

Getting a base reading of the air density in the dyno cell will help get all the info we want from the methanol engine. Gale is explaining how to do this using the Banks iDash and AirMouse sensor.

The reason why we have the methanol engine on the dyno is that we intend to make a diesel engine do even more for the Monster Mutt. As you may remember, we already retrieved a lot of data from the engine using the Banks iDash DataMonster. We’re going to start the process by using the iDash and the Banks AirMouse sensor module to get a reading of the air density in the dyno cell.

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