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Old 03-16-2013, 10:07 AM
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Dave Harmon
 
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Default RE: Propylene Oxide


ORIGINAL: summerwind

anyone know where i can buy this?

used in our high nitro fuels for Free Flight produce a mule kickin' fuel.......
Yep....go to race or fuel shops in Fresno. If they don't have it they will likely know where to get it.
I used it for years when I lived in the LA area but the EPA may have killed it.
It does not make more power but it DOES make engines easier to start and especially improves the idle when using cold or low nitro fuel....or FAI fuel.
If you find some prop locally do NOT add more than 1oz per gallon of mixed glo fuel.
It is very volatile and too much will advance the timing of a glow engine and cause detonation on a higher compression engine.
If you are looking for power....add nitro....not prop.

Eventually.....I switched to using acetone for easier starting and improved idle.
It's cheap and readily available anywhere.....unlike prop which was expensive....like $8 a pint back in the 80's.
Use acetone only 1oz per gallon but again.....it does not make more pwer....add nitro for that.
Have fun.....