I just got back from the lhs and was hoping to buy some top fuel 20% but they were out so i bought some blue thunder. I went home and started my car and its acting like its on break in. Its cutting out and sputtering and its not too rich and then it will just die. It ran fine on traxxas, i ran 3 tanks of blue thunder. Do i need to let it idle a lot or something for break in? I mean i let it idle a tank and a half. ANd when i gassed it died.

Thats probably because of all the gunk in the blue thunder fuel. What engine are you using?

Blue Thunder is not a good fuel... I have heard of too many problems from people using it, and I too have had trouble with it. Look around for O'donnell or even WildKat. I am not sure if WildKat makes nitro for cars though, but it is what I use in my planes.

man, theres alot of talk about blue thunder lately. all i can say is its crap.

i let it idle for a few tanks its driving good now.

it is crap. the worst crap i had ever seen. that piece of crap snapped my dam crankshaft. i was like what the **** this s stupid ****. traxxas the best. running 2 years striaght no problems. blue thunder ****

[&o][&o]Traxxas is no where near the best. Its actually close to the worse. You only want to use traxxas fuel if your running a traxxas vehicle. It has too high oil (18%) and its mostly castor as well....[&o][&o][&o][&o]

Ok the truck is running superb, it will idle endlessly now, except i dont know if the 2 speed is working or not. I dont hear any changes, but it freakin fast! faster than my evader by far. If the 2 speed isnt working, im scared!! LOL[>:]

WHat truck are you using?

i will have to disagree with you there, my brother was running traxxas fuel in his fantom .18 and it seemed pretty good, although he also changed to fantom fuel as i did and it was better.

i have red alert 20%!!! cheapest 20% fuel out there!!![&:]

yep and its gona blow up again.

nuh uh....

I have run a gallon of red alert thru mine... works well

its a duratrax max st pro

OOOOOO dont go with traxxas then........definetely go with duratrax o'donnel or trinity mh fuel, siudewinder pro, hpi power fuel, wild cat eliminator, byron and others! So how u like your truck?

i love it, it is currently in a 1000 pieces in my room, i am rebiulding it, lubing the bearings, and jb welding those frickin friction fitted drive washers! i was doin sweet donuts and they stripped loose. I went and played on the grass and man it flies!

I have had good luck with blue thunder fuel. I was told to run 15% in summer and 20% in winter by the geniuses at my local lhs. I bought 20% at the end of last winter so I used it in the summer and had no problems so I run 20% all the time. I did have a problem with some blue thunder going bad cause it was old. I had just bought a gallon and then I bought another Tmaxx that came with a gallon of blue thunder with it. By the time I got about half way through the second gallon it went bad. It changed color from blue to almost green.

ok first your lhs lied to get you to spend more money. you shouldnt have to change fuel for colder weather. and going from 20 - 15, is not a good idea. i was always told that it will mess up the engine and not run right if you go down, unless you rebuild the engine. and when you say it went bad, is this because it made your truck run bad or it just changed color? the color in nitro fuel is just simply dye, and is only there so you can see how full your tank is.

since when do engines have minds?? you guys are so funny to listen too.

The reason I think my fuel went bad was because my trucks wouldn't run without the glow warmer on. It would barely light with a match. I had a hard time using it to burn trash with. I thought my carb or engine was messed up till I bought some fresh fuel then they ran no problem!

I run blue thunder through my little .15 and I've had absolutlly no problems what so ever with it, it runs 5X better than when I ran oddonell.