RoughRiderBX Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I've added a hyper 8.5 (Still on the way) from oranjedrol to my collection of cars and I now have 2 nitro cars. What fuel should i use for them? I was considering ammo fuel but i'm not sure... Cheers Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty1103 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 you will probably get a resounding call of Byrons fuel. im using optiful 20% with an os 8 in a force .18 engine just broke it in today and got it tuned with no problems. its is a great fuel imo, a bit smokey so when you are tuning your engines dont go by the smoke trail go by performance and temps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) I've just swicthed from byrons race gen 25% to opti fuel 20% and I haven't noticed much difference in performance (for bashing) apart from the opti being a bit smokier- but as above tune by performance and temps. Edited December 13, 2011 by scrumpy jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom C Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 For bashing not much point getting Byron, Model technics is cheap and good i found. It's all pretty much the same at the end of the day, opti fuel is very smokey. (not a bad thing just saying) Go for 20%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor1201 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I tend to disagree with the above - Byrons fuel is a great fuel whether just bashing or in comps, its also a good fuel for beginners, easier to tune than most, and not too smokey. Yes marginally overpriced but i believe this to be outweighed by it's performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiderBX Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 so no ammo fuel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I tend to disagree with the above - Byrons fuel is a great fuel whether just bashing or in comps, its also a good fuel for beginners, easier to tune than most, and not too smokey. Yes marginally overpriced but i believe this to be outweighed by it's performance. I agree byrons is a great fuel, but for the price difference, I don't think your losing much buying opti fuel- I have found it no harder to tune than byrons and not noticed any major performance loss. Every engine is different though and some engines will prefer a certain fuel. Yes buy byrons by all means as it's great but personally I'm going to save a couple of quid from buying opti and use the money for the odd spares I may/will need when I crash... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisknights Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 i say big bang 25 % wicked bashing fuel , cheap and easy to tune with , been using it for a few years and had no problems with any of my nitro models or has any other or my bashing buddys , we all use it , Top bashing fuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnersRC Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I like Opti-fuel, never let me down and it's well priced, a little smokey due to the oil content but still very good. I've never used Byrons, at the time I last used race fuel, I was using O'Donnells, which is probably the best fuel in the world, shame you can no longer buy it here, I still have a gallon of it sitting on my wardrobe from 2008/9, I'm half tempted to see if it is still any good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpi boy 1996 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hi would use optiful 25% as this gives my mt2 good power and also used it in 2 savages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teaman Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 HPI for me all the way after using modeltechics and Byrons. You get more bang for your buck so to speak and I feel its more responsive. well at least my hpi engines came alive after swapping from model technics. Also I can buy the HPI on the way home from work, for byrons I have to order it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitroholic Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 HPI fuel is rebadged Optifuel from what I can gather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teaman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 its fully synthetic I believe. they work there engines to work with there fuel (Makes sense) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroazza Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 if you want something different and stupid. then try the DIY'ist best friend. WD40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroazza Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 its fully synthetic I believe. they work there engines to work with there fuel (Makes sense) and optifuel fully synthetic?? hell no, Synthetic pretty much sucks... 25% optifuel is 11% caster oil based... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teaman Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) and optifuel fully synthetic?? hell no, Synthetic pretty much sucks... 25% optifuel is 11% caster oil based... just going by what they say on there web site, both say fully synth in optifuel and the HPI fuel http://www.hpieurope...n&partNo=101908 Quote HPI Power Fuel was developed especially for today's nitro engines. HPI Europe chose to work with the manufacturers of the hugely popular OptiFuel line of fuels, the most popular brand of helicopter fuel used by serious competitors in Europe.http://www.optifuel.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?id=230&name=OPTIMIX%20READY%20TO%20RUN%20FUEL&cat=85&cnode=85 ( OPTIFUEL READY TO RUN 25 OPTIMIX RTR 25-1 is supplied as a 1lt container and is 25% nitromethane with 15% fully synthetic oil from KLOTZ. This is a very high performance RTR fuel for generaluse not race applications. The tuning band on RTR fuels are wider and therefore a little less critical. ) Each HPI Power Fuel blend uses the same high quality Klotz synthetic oils as OptiFuel Optimix-Race blends. HPI Power Fuel makes starting and tuning nitros engines easy because its specific blend is more tolerant of incorrect settings and of temperature and humidity changes. The consistent burning provides a steady smoke trail allowing car and buggy owners to easily see the effects of engine tuning. Un Quote. As for running cars on WD40 Its perfectly possible. both that and duck oil contain kerosine which is used in airofuel I believe. Both are flammable and combine heat with a glowing amber it will burn. Edited December 17, 2011 by Teaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Synthetic pretty much sucks... Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroazza Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Why? Well sorry i do apologise, Got to rephrase that. it doesnt completely suck... Just why Synthetic, when there is castor I have always prefered castor oil, In many different applications.. My family are right petrol heads.. and we have always supported castor over synthetic.... Always ran our Boat engines, 2 stroke motorbikes etc etc really well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Thats fair enough and a few years ago I would agree. However, with the advancements in synthetics, I think it's gone the other way. Synthetic is spec'd for most engines now, you don't run high end stuff on anything but fully synth. Maybe nitro is different but I do believe that the money they've sunk into researching oil has brought better products than castor tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Ravage Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I've been using Ammo fuel with my Werks engine and have to say I think it's far better than Byrons, though only with the Werks engine. I use Byrons 25% & 30% everyday and don't see a lot of difference between them. IMO Byrons does smell nicer than any other nitro fuel I've used. Just wish it came in Mint or Aloe Vera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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