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Fuel advice TT .18 engine


Clogger

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Hi all,

 

I realise this can be a very personal decision, what fuel to use, and it all depends what I want for the car but I'm new to this and looking for advice on fuels to then make my decision.

 

What would people recommend as the best fuel that is easily available at a reasonable price (ie. not twice the price of other fuels) for a Thunder Tiger Tomahawk BX with what I believe is a .18 TT Pro engine?

 

As advised in the Beginner's FAQ and elsewhere I think I'll stick with 16% but which Brand and specific mix.

 

The car was bought second hand and came with almost a gallon of Model Technics Qwikfire 16%, I have been using this fuel to get the car running.  I started tuning and the car was going reasonably well when I messed up and adjusted the wrong needle so I'm going back to factory settings to start tuning again.  As I have proved that the car will run and due to various comments/answers previously this seemed like a good time to get new fuel.

 

I have been advised that Model Technics aren't good fuels except for a couple of varieties, and I've been advised to get Byron fuel.  Is the Qwikfire range one of MT's good fuels and worth sticking with?  Locally the only brand I can get is MT Qwikfire and according to the previous owner the car was always run on this fuel.

 

I have shopped around online looking at whats available, Byron Gen2 was tempting but Modelsport have stopped it, does this mean MS think it is a bad fuel and/or it could disappear everywhere soon and therefore it's pointless tuning an engine to it now.  All that MS stock in 16% is Optifuel Optimix Rtr, is this a good fuel?

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Edit - Sorry, should've stated what I want from the car, I'm not interested in going in as fast as possible just general bashing use and as easy as possible to tune!

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I would say Qwikfire has too much oil (18%)...I have used and can recommend Dynaglo.

Modelsport also have their own fuel made by ModelTechincs...but I have never tried it nor know what is in it.

If you do not mind paying the premium then Byron is the top choice (in my mind)...there is also VP.

 

Also agree with Jiz......no problem to run 20%.

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Thanks for the replies, thought it might've stirred up a bit more discussion!

Been looking around the internet, Dynaglo seems very difficult to find, Byron seems to be a similar price (maybe

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Everyone's moved to leccy that's why! Used be some proper discussions a few years back.

 

Never used the modelsport branded model technics stuff, would hope is the dynaglow not qwikfire. Says it's 25% tho which is probably a bit high % for a .18.

 

Byrons is a fair bit more expensive when you look at how much you get. If you compare big tub of race blends on modelsport, technics is 4.7l, optifuel is 5l while byrons is only 3.7l. For the difference i noticed, I choose opti for the almost 50% more fuel for couple of quid more.

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It's just clicked, I was thinking 'gallon' almost 5l but it's a US gallon so it's less than 4l.

Thought everything american had to be bigger and better :)

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it won't be that cheap when they get rid of them all I don't think, it's an introductory price I reckon as they never restocked on the other quarts.

Get afew aswell make the postage worth your while.

I buy it as a US Gallon

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