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Old 12-18-2001, 06:27 PM
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LURCH
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YOU NEED METHANOL AND NITROMETHANE (WHICH YOU CAN GET FROM A LOCAL RACE SHOP, THEY MAY HAVE TO ORDER IT FROM VP RACE FUEL) AND OIL. I HAVE BEEN USING KLOTZ SUPER TECHNIPLATE WHICH IS A MIX OF 20% CASTOR OIL AND 80% SYNTHETIC CASTOR OIL. ( THE SYNTH OIL BURNS CLEANER THAN CASTOR BUT CASTOR HAS A BETTER FILM STRENGTH FOR LUBRICATION ) I STARTED WITH 20% NITRO AND 15% OIL BUT FOUND IT LEFT MY CAR AN OILY MESS FROM THE EXHAUST. I DROPPED IT DOWN TO 13% OIL AND FOUND IT TO BE A GOOD COMPRIMISE BETWEEN LUBRICATION AND PERFORMANCE.(THE MORE OIL YOU HAVE THE LESS NITRO AND METH YOU HAVE, THEY MAKE THE POWER!) FOR A ONE GALLON MIX OF 20% NITRO AND 13%OIL THE RECIPE IS EASY. 1 GALLON = 128 FLUID OZ
20%(NITRO) OF 128 FLOZ IS 25.6 FLOZ
13%(OIL) OF 128 FLOZ IS 16.64 FLOZ
ADD THOES TWO TOGETHER, 42.24 FLOZ TOTAL (NITRO AND OIL)
SUBTRACT 42.24 FLOZ FROM 128 FLOZ = 85.76 TO GET HOW MUCH METHNOL TO ADD TO GET A TOTAL OF ONE GALLON.

GOOD LUCK!

P.S. DO NOT USE ENGINE OIL IN YOU RC ENG!
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