making glow fuel
02-06-2004, 08:53 PM
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making glow fuel
I was wondering what kind of oil should be used if i were to make my own glow fuel. I have about 40 gallons of methanol in my garage from racing full size cars, and i can get some nitro from the local drag track but i dont know what kind of oils, where i can get them and that kind of stuff. Anyones help would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: making glow fuel
Most of your big hobby stores (including online like Tower) will sell you 2 stroke oil suitable for making fuel for your car. The cheapest of these is probably Castrol-M Castor Oil and from there the sky is the limit with oils from CoolPower and others.
Your biggest problem is going to be mixing the fuel but if you did it 20litres at a time you will probably be able to shake the container to ensure that it is fully blended.
There are plenty of recipes on the Internet for this sort of thing if you don't feel up to calculating the correct ratios. Try a google search.
Richard.
Your biggest problem is going to be mixing the fuel but if you did it 20litres at a time you will probably be able to shake the container to ensure that it is fully blended.
There are plenty of recipes on the Internet for this sort of thing if you don't feel up to calculating the correct ratios. Try a google search.
Richard.
