If you take a llittle time and call Wildcat you can usually get a good price on a multi- case club order.
I forget how many cases you need to buy.
It also helps to have a commercial storefront or shop where the fuel can be delivered. Give them a call and ask about "club ordering".

On the other hand, I have been mixing my own fuel for years. I even have methanol delivered to my door in 55 gallon drums for as little as $ 2.50 gallon . The nitromethane, I get in 5 gallon cans. Oil from the Klotz booth at the Toledp show and the castor oil from American Shortening and Oil Co in Livonia.

By mixing at home you can get exactly the fuel you want and save money at the same time.

Of course not

However a group can get together and divide . By the time nitromethane and oil are added, there is quite a bit more than 50 gallons.
Alternately and more common, VP and Torco also sell in 5 gallon cans. Our corner auto parts sells on 5 gallon cans from VP.
Different strokes. Get exactly the fuel you want and save money as well.
Just an alternatve , not for everybody, like I also suggested , you can also get bulk order fuel at substantial savings by making the right contacts.

But store bought fuel isn't the first choice for everybody either. Just a couple of the options.


I may at times have more than 25 gallons in the shed, It usually goes to the field a gallon or two at a time.

Too bad you don't live nearby. I would be very happy to mix a batch for you as needed. We usually do our fuel mixing in late spring as needed. I only store fuel in suitable, metal containers.
Also many people in this area pick up fuel at the Toledo RC show in case lots at a huge discount. Klotz oilvand nitromethane are there as well at low prices.
You can find fuel on eBay too.
I called Wildcat earlier this year about club orders and was quoted some great prices, for store-bought fuel anyhow.

Can you get some other club members to throw in with you?

I mix my own fuel to save money. The hobby shops charge $38 a gallon on average. I mix my own for up to $15/gallon for my car fuel which is 20-30% Nitro and 11-12% oil. Methanol is available locally for $2.50 a gallon. I can even make my own washer fluid for my truck and save money.

I could drive to SIG and buy fuel, but the gas money required to go to and from makes it cost prohibitive. Besides, I use up to 5 different blends for the various types of engines I run. I am not one of those one-fuel-fits-all guys. I am very specific and deliberate with what I use.

LoL. I do what I know A) won’t fail and B) has worked for guys for well over 40 years. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Different engines , different fuels
Best way to know what you have is to roll your own.

I have Scott working an angle to get Nitro cheaper than $76/gal. The $20+ per gallon jump sucks balls.

Still have 2 , five gallon cans bought last year. Hadn't heard about the jump till just now.

Is that Scott, the pylon guy?

Yeah, the per gallon price through amazon or eBay jumped to $76 per gallon this season thanks to new tariffs on Chinese goods.

Yes, Scott the Pylon Guy is working to pull some strings to get a local (sorta) VP dealer to order in 5-gal buckets of nitro.

Not unusual to see unfounded profiteering under conditions like we are seeing.

And I have never cared for Byron’s fuels. My homemade fuel runs better and cooler than the storebought swill. I’ll pay $70 a gallon for pure Nitro to keep making my own fuel over buying the $40 a gallon or premix crap they sell. SIG is about the only fuel that behaved reasonably well and didn’t gouge me too horribly ($28-30/gal) in the wallet.