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Old 02-01-2008 | 10:46 AM
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plasticmaster
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Default RE: gas fuel with glo plug no ignition

I understand that I need the 10/10 glow fuel. I went to my local hobby shop yesterday and they don’t have this fuel and refuse to order it. However, they have Powermaster 20/20 fuel for YS/Saito engines. I have access to methanol from a go kart shop and can mix it 1:1 to obtain my 10/10 mix.

They also have a quart size bottle of car fuel that is 20% nitro and 10% oil. I have 4 gallons of Omega fuel at my house that is 15% nitro and 17% oil. If I take 100 units of the Omega and add 70 units of straight methanol, I get a mix of 8.82% nitro and 10% oil. If I then add 20 units of the car fuel, this gives me 190 total units of 10/10 mix.

Could someone check my math and make sure I’m calculating the mix correctly? Also, is one method better than the other since they both arrive at a 10/10 mix? I’d like to make use of the fuel that I already have to keep my cost down. Thanks.