We can see by the following figure why nitromethane is often used as a power boost for cars.

In these countries, glow fuel sometimes has no nitromethane at all.

The motor was one of the first to feature nitromethane for fuel.

The big advantage of nitromethane is that you can get a lot more power from each explosion inside the engine.

However, this mixture is not mandatory, and less nitromethane may be used if desired.

This means that an engine can burn 8.7 times more nitromethane than gasoline.

Methanol fuel mixed with up to 90% nitromethane is used.

Nitromethane is added to the fuel for more power and to make the engine easier to tune.

Nitromethane is hard to get in some countries since it is known as an explosive.

Glow fuel is mostly made of methanol, nitromethane and oil.

Fuel for most model planes, boats and helicopters has 5% to 15% nitromethane.

In organic synthesis nitromethane is employed as a one carbon building block.

It can burn close to a gallon (4 liters) of nitromethane per second!

Although inexpensively available, nitromethane can be prepared in other methods that are of instructional value.

A small amount of hydrazine blended in nitromethane can increase the power output even further.

Some aircraft engines are designed to run on fuel with no nitromethane content whatsoever.

In either case, some nitromethane and methyl nitrite are both formed.

An interesting thing about nitromethane is that it does not burn as quickly as gasoline.

Both these cars burn fuel consisting of 90% nitromethane and 10% methanol.

He worked with nitromethane and spent considerable effort disguising it so competitors wouldn't know what his giving him the speed increase.

So the engine is pumping still-burning nitromethane into the exhaust pipe.

Nitromethane is a popular solvent in organic and electroanalytical chemistry.

Nitromethane is added to some racing and model fuels to increase power and control combustion.

While higher concentrations can result in better engine performance, usage of highly concentrated nitromethane is rare due to its cost.

The Top Fuel name refers to a potent blend of alcohol and nitromethane.