What Is It ?

A gel like substance that was found smeared inside the intake manifold that as sources say, is found in jet fuel !!!

What is it ??? And where can I get some ???

I'm assuming it's jellied propylene oxide, but not sure...

 

Any chance this could be Propylene Oxide Gel ? Any thoughts ? http://www.springerlink.com/content/m72183457qkt2947/ http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4293314.html

NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton said the penalties were levied in response to a qualifying inspection violation involving fuel and an additive he characterized as an oxygenate similar in composition to Vaseline, silicone or gel that was clear in color. It was not dangerous for the inspector who discovered the violation to handle, Pemberton said.

He would not specifically identify the substance.

Pemberton added the substance was something NASCAR had not seen and not something that could be found "on a street corner."

The foreign substance was found in the intake manifold of Waltrip's car and that led to further inspection. The car then failed post-qualifying inspection as well, Pemberton said, adding NASCAR believes the substance was in the fuel system at one point, not in the manifold itself.

I THINK I FOUND THE SUBSTANCE.

In a second embodiment of this invention, 1, 2 - butylene oxide may be used in a gelled state. It has been found that, if 1, 2 - butylene oxide is gelled by adding about 3 to about 10 weight percent of a gelling agent such as SiO.sub.2 (Cab-O-Sil), particulate carbon or aluminum octane, it will still be dispersed into a detonable cloud by a typical fuel air explosive weapon. This is perhaps the best mode of practicing this invention for several reasons. First, the gel is more easily handled than the neat liquid. Second, if spilled the gel will not disperse as a liquid will.

 

Never mind, I use this stuff all the time when racing... (PO) Propylene Oxide
http://www.motorsportsracingfuels.co...Additives.html
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ropylene+oxide

I thought it might be Butylene Oxide Gel that they use for cluster bombs... Now that would have been interesting...


NASCAR SITE
Some rival engine builders said it was propylene oxide, an oxidant which would add horsepower for qualifying and possibly, if poured into the final can of gas for a race, for the last few miles of a race. And they were surprised that NASCAR hadn't been more forthcoming about its chemical analysis. One top crew chief said his engine man had been told the additive had been used a number of times before by other teams, that the chemical is soaked into the fuel filter at the rear of the car, and that it is undetectable after being used. "But unless NASCAR shrink-wrapped that manifold to seal it all in, every trace of it would have evaporated within two hours, long before they got it back to North Carolina," another crew chief said.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. spoke briefly about the chemical: "When I ran Late Models, I would put propylene oxide in my fuel."

"It's an old Sprint car trick," one team's "chemist" said. "But propylene oxide is very volatile. We put a bottle of it out in the sun, and within 10 minutes it had vaporized."