Nitromethane is used in a wide variety of applications, including as a solvent, in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and pesticides, as a racing fuel and, most relevant to the present context, as ...

After trial and error, they settled on nitromethane—a dry-cleaning solvent and sometime rocket fuel—as by far the most potent. High loads of nitro are so volatile and add so much power that ...

Based on the Chrysler Hemi engine, a Top Fuel dragster's power plant uses nitromethane as its fuel and is capable of generating 11,000 horsepower, a staggering power output that dwarfs ...

This poor thing is so fresh from the street that its annual registration sticker has barely expired. Bench-racing beers may have inspired the short-lived team of Perham, Flint & Tuers to install a ...

Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle. At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air-fuel mixture for nitromethane, the flame front temperature measures about 7000 degrees Fahrenheit.