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Old 11-09-2012, 02:28 PM
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OK GUYS if anyone in the Orlando Fl into mixing their own fuel found a gallon of 99% nitro methane made by VP fuels in Tx and needs it PM me martin
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be carreful when it turns to BLUE color, do not touch it and RUN away as fast as you can .... and call the Fire Brigade....that is DEADLY !!!
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THX just checked it clear as water no peroxide formation that is quite dangerous can blow up on any shock regards martin
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If you didnt get hit with hazmat shipping fees, I'd buy it from you. I'll need more nitro for next season, but If I order it from Torco I don't pay any shipping fees at all.


Too bad everyone's paranoid about model engine fuel blowing up... It's really pretty stable for the most part (aside from the nitro changing color of course).
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Thats why I stated Orlando Fl area Hazmat shipping charge 25 to 30 dollars could just meet buyer and deliver by hand martin'10W sport 2.5 K thats a deal no shipping charge

All I run now is diesel so do not need
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Thats why I stated Orlando Fl area Hazmat shipping charge 25 to 30 dollars could just meet buyer and deliver by hand martin'10W sport 2.5 K thats a deal no shipping charge

All I run now is diesel so do not need
I haven't gotten my feet wet with diesel yet; although my buddy has a 2.5cc PAW diesel that he ran for me once. The smell reminds me of hanging around the big airports. A very pungent smell, no doubt.

UPS charges 25$ hazmat, plus ~$10 normal shipping rate for a 4-gallon case (1 or 4 gallons doesnt matter), which is why glow fuel is so expensive up here (roughly $32-$39 a gallon). Thats why I make my own. Torco sells nitro for about $56 a gallon with free shipping which is a steal, IMO. I have already made probably 6 gallons of fuel using 1/2 gallon of nitro.

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just checked a site found it on google $39.95 gal + $24 hazmat so looks like a wash on price some this stuff comes from China do not know if 99.9% pure martin

one of the chemical plants making this in the US blew up a couple of years ago do not know if they rebuilt or not we are lucky here in the USA Nitro price in Europe out of sight always has been

:"down under" our buds have issues with both glow and diesel fuels the Kero for diesel is about rat pee
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Never bought from them but just saw this in another thread:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Torco-RC-Fue...item2c662c8b8c



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