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Old 04-03-2009, 12:20 AM
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Default Where is inexpensive fuel?

I live in the SF Bay Area, does anyone know where I can get a relatively inexpensive gallon of fuel?
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31$ gallon is about the cheapest atleast from my LHS.Byrons 30% race fuel.I guess it depends on what you are running or racing????????????


I live in WA
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Default RE: Where is inexpensive fuel?

I am running 20% but I am racing. On another forum someone said I could get O'Donnel's at Sheldons Hobbies for $27.99

I was wondering, does anyone mail order their fuel? I see boxes of 4 gallons on amainhobbies.
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HAZMAT costs to much to make gallons real by being shipped....................Start calling shops down in the lower bay area or even over in the Hayward area because of the track there it might be a better price [&o]
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Default RE: Where is inexpensive fuel?

You can easily brew your own fuel all you have to do is find a motor cycle and race shop that carries the ingredients, heres' the recepie:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_161/tt.htm

You will probably end up making 5-6 gallons with this, so if you have a few local racers, divide up the cost and race together.
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Default RE: Where is inexpensive fuel?

I ended up buying a gallon of O'Donnell 30% at Sheldon's for $29.99. I wonder why the 20% was $32.
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ORIGINAL: bweiler

I ended up buying a gallon of O'Donnell 30% at Sheldon's for $29.99. I wonder why the 20% was $32.
more people run 20%

supply vs demand

i never pay more than $35 a gallon for 25% and that's including taxxes (don't forget i'm in an IGLOO in Canada)

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