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The combustion in a spark ignition engine was studied when it was fueled by neat methanol using the timed injection method at the intake port. The measurements from this fueling were compared with those obtained from a carburetor fueled operation. In the study, results of the cylinder pressure analysis and the in-cylinder high-speed photographic observation showed that the reaction in the timed methanol engine combustion had multiple-stage combustion processes. The multiple-stage reaction was pronounced based on the double spikes in heat release history and droplets individually burning in the mixture. The injection time for the best methanol fueled engine operation seemed to be that right after the intake valve opening when the lowest specific fuel consumption was obtained with smallest cyclic variation in the pressure-time history and when the lowest emissions (NOx, UHC and HCHO) were produced.