Now, we go back to methanol or the other names it has such as methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood naptha or wood spirits. What it does is it provides power for the engine and it?s the primary power to be provided to RC cars running on nitro. An ideal fuel this is, mainly because it?s not as flammable and it tends to release more energy per pound compared to gasoline.

A disadvantage in using methanol is that it can intoxicate you but not directly kill you since it isn?t poisonous. Once exposed to it, the toxic breakdown in the body caused by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase forms formic acid in the liver which eventually leads to blindness. Be careful not to inhale this fuel or to have your skin absorb it. Be sure you contact a medicine expert for any suspicious central nervous system depression that occurs.