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deemust 10-12-2008 05:21 AM

help!! asking...
 
Hi...my name is dee...

I need you help.. I want to ask you few things

first,
I want to know what is the meaning of : 1/8 or 1/10

2nd,
I wondering if i can changing the fuel from nitro to gasoline....what's the effect?? it is bad or my car can run fast...coz in my country nitro is very very expensive

thanks for all

rcdaddy 10-12-2008 05:50 AM

8th and 10th are talking about the scale of your car. Basicly the size of them.
Do not try gasoline in you nitro engine. Only run nitro. Nitro will last a good while if your bashing or racing. I can get about three weekends of racing, practice, and tuning of of a gallon.
Gas would be very dangerous, so dont try it.

justag3 10-12-2008 05:55 AM

1/8 or 1/10 or 1/12 or 1/18 is the SCALE size if the car or truck meaning the SIZE!

As far as running gas instead of nitro, I'm not sure, but if i had to guess it would be NO? But I can tell you that nitro is expensive here also,, I was at a race in Louisville, Kentucky and saw gallon jugs of 30% nitro(won't mention the brand) for 51.99 WOW:weird:

stump27 10-12-2008 07:48 PM

no on the gasoline. these engines are "glow" engines in which the plug has a coil of wire that glows and ignites the fuel when compressed similar to a diesel engine. gasoline requires only a spark to ignite the fuel at a precise timing event. gasoline in a glow engine= explosion....:deathstar

Duster_360 10-13-2008 04:25 AM

Like's been pointed out the 1/8th 1/10 this is scale or size. 1/8 is bigger than 1/10th and thats bigger than 1/12th and so on.

Gas is a no for a nitro engine. Gas needs an actual spark, the glow plug prob wouldn't ignite it to start with. Stick with nitro or buy something like a HPI Baja that uses a real gas engine.


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