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Mturowski -> RE: Home Brew Fuel (7/26/2007 1:39:45 PM)
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Johnny:
See if you can find a drag strip in your area, many times they will sell methanol. A couple of months ago I paid around $3.00 a gallon for methanol from my local drag strip. I would not by the large drum unless you are going to repackage it into smaller jugs. Opening the barrel and not using it all is an invitation to having it absorb water. The five gallon can is way overpriced at 60.00. If you find a dragstrip I would strongly suggest you invest in a race fuel jug. I paid around 30.00 for mine (5 gallon container) and it has O ring seals on it to keep moisture out. You local auto parts store can probably get them for you, perhaps on e by as well.
I mix up one gallon at a time. I ordered my oil from Morgan's, the maker of Cool Power, Omega etc. When I ordered a case of oil this spring it was $25.00 a gallon, shipping included. My total cost per gallon is around $7.00. I don't run any nitro and haven't had the need to in the types of engines that I run. Phone no for Morgan's is 1-800-633-7556. I mix 10 oz of the cool power green oil, 10 oz of the Omega mix oil and 6 oz of straight castor oil to make one gallon of fuel. I put the oil in an empty one gallon plastic fueul jug and then add methanol until it gets full. This mix comes out to be a little bit more that 20% oil content per gallon.
This mix has worked well for me so far. Please everyone no flames about my choice of oil, I run what works for me, you run what works for you. This was the cheapest blend for me. Many of the problems people experience are from fingers that like to lean the needles too much and then blame the fuel. Keep the needles set on the rich side and you should not have problems and engines that last a long time.
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