what kinda fuel
 

hey guys right now im spending 14 bucks a quart for 20% top fuel at my lhs. im looking to buy gallons in bulk from tower hobbies so i dont have to spend 14 bucks a quart.... what kind should i buy?

thanks!

i have the os18 motor.

here are some options http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&FVPROFI L=++

thanks!

I LOVED Trinity Monster Horsepower the with my 2.5R.

Check with Byron Fuels and see what they could do to ship you some direct. It's great fuel and they are cool to deal with.

well if i ended up getting the trinity monster... would i have to retune my truck?

not really looking forward to doing that.... also how bad is top fuel? 20%

Top Fuel isn't great...It will gum up the engine pretty bad...Trinity burns really clean unlike the Traxxas fuel...You HAVE TO retune the engine all the time. Otherwise, you will end up running it to lean one day...Most racers retune the truck after every heat...I know I did. That was partially because of our weather, but a few degrees difference will make a HUGE difference in performance. You better get use to tuning...

Squee,

You really think Traxxas fuel is bad?

I've not noticed any residue in the engine after 1 gal of Topfuel 20%. Maybe the 3.3 runs cleaner?

Hmmmm. Do you feel that strong about it? Should I switch to the Trinity or Byron's??????

I would...Have you had a look at the top of the piston? My 2.5R ran 20% Traxxas on the first piston and sleeve, I then had to rebuild and break in the motor at the track and was told to switch to Trinity 30%. All I could say afterwards was WOW! Not to mention, the top of the piston looked almost brand new after a gallon of it. The original didn't look so good...

My piston looks brand new..shiny silver after one gallon. No buildup at all!

I'd consider switching over to Trinity 20 or 30% if you think it performs better.

The Odonnells fuel tower sells is good, If you can get Morgan sidewindwer fuel, its the best i have found. Stick with 20%

I think it performs ALOT better to be honest. I also think it holds a tune better. ALL the racers at my local track run/suggest the Trinity Monster Horsepower. What I did was run 30% with a little castor oil added for a little more lubrication. Like maybe 2oz. to a gallon, if that much.

I had troubles tuning with either traxxas top fuel or trinity, with odonells i had a lot better luck and with sidewinder the temps stayed so low i could get aggressive with the tuning, Plus you don't have to do after run with the sidewinder

well i guess ill go with the trinity monster since its on the tower!

thanks guys

Odonnell's is on tower as well, if the trinity doesn't work get odonells

Byron's hands down.. Although Trinity is made by Byrons also.. I've been selling/running Byrons for years and thats the only fuel my hobby shop sells..

I am partial to the O'donnells. I've been running it for the last year or so and really like it. Clean and consistent tuning.

For the small block motors stick with the 20%... 30%is for big blocks.


Oh yea almost forgot.... I agree the Traxxas fuel sucks. Stop using that junk. I feel like it has so much lube in it you have to lean the heck out of it to get any power and then you are just making poblems. I tried it once cuz the LHS was out of the Odonnells and thats all they had. I wound up giving away 3/4 of the gallon. I hated it.

lol dang.

bring back a year old thread.

thanks guys!

Didn't even notice.

LOL :lol:


I hate when that happens.:whistle:

I mix my oun, I run a straight blend of 99.9% battery power .1% synthetic PTFE oil (in the bearings) in my models, its pretty expensive but a great all round fuel, a gallon will last you years, it runs cleaner than barons, is easier on tuning than Odonnels, needs no afterrun like sidewinder, has more power than trinity, revs higher than petrol, is easier starting than a diesel, cooler running than a steam engine, and spools up faster than a gas turbine.









Hmm, what have I missed out? You name it, electricity will beat it.

I used to use traxxas 30% in my 3.3, run the shit out of it, never had problems. Sold the jato, and the guy is still running the same engine, he still runs it all the time, even now in the winter. Traxxas is all I ever ran though. So can't say much about it. If all you do is bash, no sense in spending hundreds in fuel. As long as you take care of your motor.

I have since switched to byrons for my truggy and buggy and revo, love it

well since I get my electricity from a nuclear plant I guess u could say I'm running some uranium in my revo! LOL I have 2 nitro trucks that I haven't played with since I got my first electric in Dec. bought an rc18t and got hooked on the immediete power delivery and almost immedietly started building an e-revo. If u want power ditch the nitro and go brushless! More power, no oily residue, no tuning headaches, and ur neighbors won't be calling the cops when u decide to run it at 2am cause u can't sleep!

let it die guys

let it die.

Theres a huge shipping fee from Tower for shipping fuel, isn't it.

NEVER!!!

My friends and I are ordering MassiveMods fuel. Supposedly it's as good as snake oil. You won't find it in the US though.

When I went ot the LHS to get some traxxas fuel. They told me they (LHS) don't sell it anymore due to the gumming up because the high amount paraflynn(?) wax that is used in it. I ended up with the Byron fuel.



Sorry must of still been in the search mode when I sat back down at the pc. I didn't notice the date on the thread.

Wait a minute, I wasn't still in a search. There just ins't many post in this forum. What is this some kind of Brushless Forum or something?

Nice. :yes:

I used to run the sidewinder. its the best I had found.

before that I ran byrons and I thought it was good, that was until I found the sidewinder. I ran traxxas for a while also but I didnt really like it. it was alright but not as good as the other two.

only fuel I have used that I hated was blue lighting. its terrible. ended up just using the last quart of it as a cleainig solution.