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Nitro Racer 18 01-31-2011 11:35 AM

Smell of Nitro
 
What does nitro smell like? Some people say wine and Clorox.

rubber_junkie 01-31-2011 03:12 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
All fuels have different aroma

proanti1 01-31-2011 03:13 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
It smells like burning.

rc awesome 01-31-2011 03:15 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
Wait you're screen mane is nitro racer, and you have never ran a nitro! Go to a track and smell the nitro.

sloppyG 01-31-2011 03:18 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
you're not supposed to sniff fuel

SyCo_VeNoM 01-31-2011 03:37 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
it smells like VICTORY.

Nitro Racer 18 01-31-2011 03:53 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 


ORIGINAL: rc awesome

Wait you're screen mane is nitro racer, and you have never ran a nitro! Go to a track and smell the nitro.
I should change it to large scale racer.

stussman 01-31-2011 03:57 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
Its a smells like a mixture of beer and beaver, heaven.

The_Shark 01-31-2011 04:51 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
it smells like a funny car, it depends on the fuel though, byrons has the least smell, odonnels having the most.
to me it smells like alcohol, fresh laundry and hot metal, like S-venom said- victory

378 01-31-2011 05:05 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
My fuels tend to smell like a combination of:

Stale, cheap beer
Burnt composites(Might be the clutch?)
and burning oil.



Not exactly a pleasant scent. lol.


If I wanted I could make it smell like Vanilla though. They make additives for that if the smell bothers you.

plasma 327 01-31-2011 05:55 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
Puts me in mind of the drag strip. I grew up drag racing and the hint of nitro in the fuel brings back 9 sec memories!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!! Miss those days..

savagecommander 01-31-2011 06:04 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 


ORIGINAL: stussman

Its a smells like a mixture of beer and beaver, heaven.

its nitric acid- and it paralyzes your diaphram in high enough concentrations... so if you keep smelling it you may end up in heaven...;)

SyCo_VeNoM 01-31-2011 06:46 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 

ORIGINAL: 378

My fuels tend to smell like a combination of:

Stale, cheap beer
Burnt composites(Might be the clutch?)
and burning oil.



Not exactly a pleasant scent. lol.


If I wanted I could make it smell like Vanilla though. They make additives for that if the smell bothers you.
Guy that used to work at my LHS told me he was forced to try the tutti fruity in a nitro (they make their employees try out the new crap they sell), and he said he felt emasculated seeing his 14lb savage go flying by smelling like a little girls lip balm lol

378 01-31-2011 06:56 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 

ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM


ORIGINAL: 378

My fuels tend to smell like a combination of:

Stale, cheap beer
Burnt composites(Might be the clutch?)
and burning oil.



Not exactly a pleasant scent. lol.


If I wanted I could make it smell like Vanilla though. They make additives for that if the smell bothers you.
Guy that used to work at my LHS told me he was forced to try the tutti fruity in a nitro (they make their employees try out the new crap they sell), and he said he felt emasculated seeing his 14lb savage go flying by smelling like a little girls lip balm lol
AHahaha. I would too.


Now, if I could make mine smell like a full scale muscle car...Eau-de-Hemi?

schuttman 01-31-2011 10:34 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
Think about it !!!!Burning soap !!!!!
And it smells goooooddddd......

Sport_Pilot 02-01-2011 05:10 AM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
Pure nitro has a faint almond smell, large rich mixtures also have this smell. Lean mixtures do not. When mixed with methanol you will not have this smell. We are not smelling the nitro in our models, we are smelling the oil. There is no nitric acid when burned, and only dangerous amounts when percentage of nitro is over 70 to 80%. The burning methanol quickly reacts with any nitric acid to reduce it to safe levels. Angus will not sell pure nitro to modelers for this reason, and for longer shelf life.

john01374 02-01-2011 06:00 AM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
This is a family oriented forum so i can't really tell you what it smells like... But I'm sure you get the idea...

coachdavis10 02-01-2011 12:30 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
It smells like...... Good

proanti1 02-01-2011 02:28 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 


ORIGINAL: 378

My fuels tend to smell like a combination of:

Stale, cheap beer
Burnt composites(Might be the clutch?)
and burning oil.



Not exactly a pleasant scent. lol.


If I wanted I could make it smell like Vanilla though. They make additives for that if the smell bothers you.
I bought some of the root beer stuff... smogged out my entire block in a strong chemical root beer smell, not very appealing.

Smiff 24 02-01-2011 05:33 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
I cant really describe it, but I love the smell.
Both burned and in the jug. more during a run though.

1320Fastback 02-01-2011 06:07 PM

RE: Smell of Nitro
 
Trinity Monster Power smells like Chocolate before its burned to me. After burning it smell like all the others.


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