after a 9 year hiatus from the hobby I bought a buggy to bash around with. since i love the size, speed, and brute of these bad boys.

anyway, stopped in the local hobby shop and they had 3 choices of fuels. wildcat eliminator, sidewinder race blend I think it was and byron race 2500. he said the byron gen2 2500 is the most pop choice. it's 25% nitro and 11% oil.
I really wanted something that was for offroad not a actual race fuel..

I bought the byron 2500 based on it being the best seller. before I open it I wanted to get some pro's opinions first. I'm not concerned with all out racing power potential as I am engine protection from a high quality fuel.

did I get a decent fuel that will work with a off road buggy and provide ample protection?

That will be just done for bashing.

I kind of figured it was. but in the world of sportbike racing, you're not supposed to use race oil in a street bike or race brake pads etc etc.
they're not designed for it. so with that kind of background had me suspicious of using race fuel for play.

The Byrons 25% ¨Race¨blend fuel (11% oil) you have will be fine for play or racing.
Byrons also make the ¨Pro Driver¨ blend which is 9% oil, and more of a serious racer fuel, but can also be used equally as well for play.

If your new to nitro stick with the 11% blend for a while until your tuning skills develop. The 11% just gives you the extra lee-way should something go astray in the tuning department

Byrons Gen2 Race or Pro Driver blends are excellent fuels.
We stock Byrons and recommend it to all our customers.

as far as I'm concerned Byrons 25% 11% oil. is the best all around fuel. I race with it.

Can't go wrong with Byrons 25/11 or 30/11. I actually buy the 30/9 pro driver blend and add an ounce of castor oil to the gallon (takes it to about 30/10) since my lhs / track only carries the 30/9 in stock. IMO, Byrons has some of the best, if not the best oil package in the industry.

Even if you don't race. Byrons is one of the best and I've used a lot of different fuels. VP Powermaster and Byrons are what I've had the most success with however I havn't tried Werks fuel which I've heard great things about.

Good to hear this. This is what was reccomended to me when I first got a Nitro. been using ever since (just over a year).
Picked up 4 gallons through Amainhobbies earlier this year.

noob question here, my car is an xray xb8, I did the break in with 20% nitro and 16% oil byron race gen2, after break in and one race I end up with almost a bottle of fuel left, but in my hobby shop i bought the last galon left byron race gen 2 but it is 20% nitro and 12% oil, should i mixed them? or should i finish first the 16% then start with the 12%, if so how do i prepare or what should i keep in mind for changing fuel

thanks in advanced

Go ahead and put the shovel away. You did a good job of digging up a old thread... Just giving you a hard time BTW.

I would finish off the first and then switch to the other. When you switch, you will need to adjust your tune. It should run a little rich until you do. Good luck.

hahaha yeah google it and the thread show up then saw the date and thought omg im done no one will see it lol thanks for the answer a friend came with a cool solution, tune the engine with the new nitro and save the rest when my local hobby shop bring the 16% oil just for the sake of the weekend race

Byron's 25 / 11 is my fuel of choice, for the same reason as you state above. Locally, LHS normally only stocks 25 / 9. I use Byron's 'Boost' to blend my own 25 / 11. Seems to work o.k. for me.

'AC'

Is Prodriver's oil package semi-castor/semi-syn like Race fuel line? Or it has full-syn oil?

Pro Driver is also synth/castor blend.

Thanks. Actually i have plans to boost 25/9 to 10% oil using Nova oil(syn/cast), 9% is too low for my tuning skills