firestormracer7

What fuel is the best and has the best power increases for my MONSTER GT.

Bria1

What are your choices as far as what is available at the LHS? I run 30% Trinity, but there are plenty of other good fuels out there.

jombo

i use this for all my trucks with good results
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGHC6&P=0

CTDave

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I have been running the traxas 20% in all mine with no problems at all.Ot's what most lhs stock around here so it's on hand all the time.

scottywilkes

i find the stuff from my LHS is total CR@P, so i make my own, and so far it performs the best out of everything, plus good temps, performance, runtime, and my engine looks like new inside

MrN8

Here he goes again with the "make your own" crap. Just kidding, I wish I had the resources to get the raw materials to mix my own.

I just switched from Byrons 20% to Sidewinder Race 20% and it seems to give me a good bit more punch (same stuff Jombo linked). I bought some O'Donnell's 20% RTR, but ended up selling that to a buddy. I only ran a couple of tanks of it, so not real evaluation to give. This is with the stock engine and LST2 pipe. You can try to go 25% or 30% to get some extra power.

In all actuality, if you get a free shipping code / $20-$25 off code, getting fuel from Tower is cheaper than LHS (at least in my case).

firestormracer7

I'm ordering from tower but I don't know to stay with o'donnel 20% or go with traxxas top fuel 20% or HPI Monster Horsepower 20%

jonnymac

You can go with anything really. Of those you mentioned I'd go for O'donnells
For good power and longevity from your engine you want to ideally run 25% nitro and have a mix of castor/synthetic oil not totalling more than about 12-14%. Brands I reccommend are tornado, O'donnells, byrons or modeltechnics.
The most important thing is the oil mix.

firestormracer7

O'donnels has 18% oil and the others I mentioned have 12-14% oil and I don't know if I'm running two much oil right know.

scottywilkes

i like to stick to making fuel with 10 to 12% oils, so much oil can only do so much in such a small engine, to much oil dosnt actually do anything other than make the engine run rich, its proven that 12% oil has the same protection properties as having 18% oils

MrN8

Yeah, it's the "law of diminishing returns" applied to oil instead of economics. From what I understand, it's actually the 8% mark where the benefits start to drastically drop with extra oil. I like to run something with 10% syn / 2% caster oil, which is why I'm running sidewinder right now.

Alteramod

I have always used Red Alert and have had engines last up to 7 gallons before poof. Which in my case is about 2-3 years of run time lol. Only one engine didnt make it to 4 gallons and that was one of my first ofna engines. I had a spare so I ran the crap out that motor. The truck was ganna be scrapped so we thrashed that too. Made it till we went camping and was running around in a plowed corn field. Shoulda seen the inside of that motor when it went. Connecting rod broke and bang crack and all sorts of noise lol.

scottywilkes

ya i know its from 8% but im not racing and just use 10 to 12% oils. I tried 8 once but got scared lol, so i just went back to the tried and trued 12% i make, i might make a 10% batch and see how that goes to

rug sucker

i use 33%in mine no probs

Barber420

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Nitrotane 30% works awesome in the MGT's. Watch out if you're driving an 8.0 though, people think they're fast when they're on 20%, you should see them on 30%!!! DON'T BUY TRAXXAS TOP FUEL, unless you're running a Traxxas(Traxxas motors are so tight and run SO HOT that the extra oil isn't a hindrance when it comes to tuning). Tope Fuel's WAY TOO RICH! Go with oil between 8-12% like others on here have mentioned. I know O'Donnell seems to work good in them too, but the RTR stuff is a little oil rich.

sincityshooter

this topic was 2 years ago hahaha

twomanytoys

Some people just dont read the dates.[X(]

Barber420

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Just because it's an old topic doesn't mean it's no longer valid and their is no interest in it though. I must say, I didn't read the OP date, but I saw it and knew it was a topic that is still valid, so I made a post.