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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/15/2005 3:36:42 PM

KyoshoKev

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/20/2005 6:51:05 PM

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is this thread DEAD ?
have you all quit home brewing ?

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/20/2005 7:52:34 PM

Julian537

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is $85 for a 3 gal container of nitro a good price?
2.25 for methanol in the Dallas/ Ft worth area.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/23/2005 11:56:06 AM

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Hi guys .. i need your help ...

I'm so far from getting ready made branded fuel. I have only pure Methanol on-hand, and i'm planning to use Castrol Oil because i think it is easier to obtain but i don't know is there any special grade to use.?

Unfortunatily , Nitro is unavailable here, well do you think i can live without it ?

Thank you.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/23/2005 2:28:12 PM

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Castor is messy in my opinion.
You would think the home of Nova Rossi engines there would be plenty of brand name fuel.
And other model engine manufacturers

Lawrie

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/23/2005 2:35:36 PM

DesertHucker

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about the nitro depends on your engine if it is a moki180 no problem but if it is a YS then it will not run properly bad transition plenty of dead sticks and in some cases destroyed engines with detination broken props and then over reving i know it happened to me running to low nitro in a YS 140DZ.
need to check the specs and recomendations for your engine

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 7/24/2005 11:55:55 PM

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For what its worth, I make my fuel, 15% Nitro, 20% oil, for about $13.00 per gallon. I buy Nitro and Methanol from VP Racing Fuels in San Antonio, Texas, which is 60 miles from where I live. Seems the oil, Klotz KL 100, is just as expensive as the Nitro. I could save a little by going to 18% oil, but I figure its good insurance staying with 20% for now.
I also use Parma Speed scent in the fuel just for something different. After 10 gallons of fuel in several engines, I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary, and neither have the guys who buy fuel from me. One caveat though. If you use Speed Scent, you may have a tough time convincing your girlfreind or wife that you really have been flying, and not in some cheap bar with a loose woman all afternoon. Once on your skin, its going to be there for a while.
One other peice of advice, get a good graduated cylinder made of glass or Pyrex for measuring. The plastic ones will get milky and cracked due to exposure to the oil.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 4:26:26 AM

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anyone useing cool power oils for glow? any good, which one, light with castor, medium with castor? i am new to mixing fuel and will appreciate amy info. thanks, les.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 5:43:49 AM

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anyone useing cool power oils for glow? any good, which one, light with castor, medium with castor? i am new to mixing fuel and will appreciate amy info. thanks, les.

Yes, I've been using this oil(coolpower for go-kart) for my homebrew the last 3 years. I've use the 4 cycle stuff, light with castor, and light synthetic. I like the light with castor (or gold as some seller has them advertised) the best. Other friends of mine have tried the 2 cycle oil (blue in color) but for some reason you have to filter out the "blue particles" before using. But it also runs fine. Best "bang for the buck" oil for homebrew. Don't waste your money on Klotz, definitely overpriced for homebrew.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 10:42:36 AM

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I have never heard of filtering out the blue particals out of coolpower blue it works well have used it for years without any extra filtering.
If you were have to filter the blue particals i would sujest it is not genuine coolpower blue. after 10 galons through my engine i stripped after a crash not a mark in it and no carbon on the vales i do not use castor.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 10:46:51 AM

DesertHucker

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Tune your engine correctly and you do not need castor.
Climate and heat is not a factor i fly in 44c (111f) heat for 5 months of the year.
i fly 4st and 2st cowled engines

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 10:48:27 AM

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thanks for the reply. i have been thinking about useing the light w/ castor, and i think that is what i will use. i bought a gal. of klotz a while ago at a local motorcycle shop befor i knew about cool power. very expensive, i wiil use it, but when it is gone i will go with cool power. quite a bit cheaper. thanks, les

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 12:16:10 PM

Jerry C

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Where do you buy the cool power oil?
Jerry

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 12:30:08 PM

DesertHucker

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jerry who you asking?
i am in Australia. LHS is were i get mine.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 12:49:25 PM

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Where do you buy the cool power oil?
Jerry

Jerry,

First stop would be any Go Kart store in your area (I didn't have any where I live), therefore, this is the place I order from:

http://www.tommyskarts.com/Cat.Oils.htm

Even with the shipping cost, it is still a lot cheaper than Klotz.

Also, you may want to contact Morgan Fuel and see if they have a distributor in your area:
http://www.morganfuel.com/

good luck.

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RE: Home-brewing fuel - 8/18/2005 12:56:09 PM

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I have never heard of filtering out the blue particals out of coolpower blue it works well have used it for years without any extra filtering.
If you were have to filter the blue particals i would sujest it is not genuine coolpower blue. after 10 galons through my engine i stripped after a crash not a mark in it and no carbon on the vales i do not use castor.

Lawrie

Lawrie,

Interesting. I've not tried it myself, but after my friends said that they are having that "particles" problem, I decided to stick with the "gold" oil.

Castor vs. Synth... Some like Coke, some like Pepsi, some like a mixture of both. I'm the later. The Coolpower 100% syn oil (green) I've used ran with no problem, but for some reason I like to see a little oil (castor) on my wings.