albert Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 hello people my mate has a brand new savage 25 i told hime to put tornado 20% in it but when he and his dad when to a model shop the bloke said dont use it as its crap and it will burn your pistons out he said i have 2 savages in my shop now with the same problem burnt out pistons because of the tornado fuel so my mate told me the bloke out off the shop gave him the model technics fuel 20 % he said use that you will have no problem so what do you guys think i my self would use tornado fuel 20% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 well i use tornado 20% for my colt. You should ask some people here who have savages they will know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEE69 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 I have used Tornado since Xmas and have had no problems. I use it in both my cars. A.15 and .21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300ZXZ31 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 i use modelteckniks because its all i can really get but when i did use tornado in my t15 it was fine and ran allot cleaner. most of the time lhs's just talk crap anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzi220 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 25% tornado in my savvy for about 4 months no probs at all and it moves like its ass is on fire! loads of people use tornado,its a good fuel and I agree with 300ZXZ31, my lhs don't half talk some rubbish awell. I take the advice from msuk members over my lhs anyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J C Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Haha that man dont know what he's talking about. Tornado is brilliant fuel, model technics is the crap fuel. Model technics makes ur car have a dodgey idle, overheat, lower engine life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzi220 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 all i used to use was modeltechnics,its rubbish makes your cars go slower as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Odonnel or byron all the way here seems to be the best i can get my hands on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300ZXZ31 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 i can never get my cars to idle good so it looks like it might be my fuel but i cant get anything better unless i go about 50 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEE69 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Halfords stores sell Tornado fuel.If it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 tornado is a better mix of nitromethane and synthetic oil compared to model-tec fuel the burnt pistons is from exsecive heat this could be two things 1. engine had it before the tornado was used 2. they over tuned the lsn this will and has blackened some of my irvine plane nitros when throwing a 10/9 prop an witha top out at 38,000 rpm tell him to use tornado mate i swear buy the stuf an you seen how hard my nitros get driven, no pansy warming up sessions just straight to the nity grity fuel guzzling hi revs and perfect tuning most lhs will try sell the techniks rubbish because for one they make good money on it unlike o'donnels or tornado that is aimed for the nitro racer and peoplethat what that extra go in fuel techniks runs with alot of oil this causes the iffy idle rates and over heating. it is best used in planes where the idle does not need to be perfect and heat is not a problem because of the air forced around and past the head from the wind produced from the prop and speed the plane travels at be fair guys the local hobby store is trying its best some do give shady advice but may also give good advice so dont throw all the knowledge from a hobby store in the bin like us oldies say there aint no fire without smoke first TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipalli Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 my modelshop says to me to use blue thunder i cant ever afford the race formula and my step dad says have you had any probs with blue thunder yes but its the running in mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danb Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 O donnel all the way, it dnalf go up with a spark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardave hotrod Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 i use tornado 20% in my xtr3e it goes like s#!t off a shoval never had any probs and im on my 3rd gallon now no problems what so ever i used to use model technics and i had a few idling probs it was to high and i couldent turn it down any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samari Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Albert your LHS is talking rubbish. For a start NO FUEL DAMAGES AN ENGINE, some do just not as good performance as others. Tornado, however, is one of the best fuels you can buy whereas Modeltechnics is actually one of the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bass Man Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Tornado 20% all the way.. talk about speed.... my car goes straight to top speed right from the word go. i advise all to go for tornado 20%. Mr. Bass Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy122 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Tornado 20% all the way.. talk about speed.... my car goes straight to top speed right from the word go. i advise all to go for tornado 20%. Mr. Bass Man Brass Man PLEASE dont keep bringing up old topics Its VERY iritating... But i've used tornado for all 4 of my engines lifes I kiled all of them due to poor tuning and ill treating them... Ziggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea118 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 ODs would kick tornado's ass in a proper fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy122 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 ODs would kick tornado's ass in a proper fight im going to Run my Hyper in March on O'Donnells Cause it sounds like good fuel like Tornado Ziggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan1010 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 (edited) I'm with Samari. No fuel on the market will damage your engine. Some engines "like" some fuels better than others, and some people likewise. I don't believe model technics is a bad fuel but I also don't believe it's the best available either because I haven't tried all the rest. In fact I haven't tried any in 20 years LOL but I did USED to use model technics once upon a time (In fact I can remember it being the new thing on the market LOL) and put many gallons through several engines without ANY problems at all! In fact I have only once killed a nitro engine, and that was running "screaming hot and lean" and I turned it over into a snowdrift... instant seizure. In EVERY other instance, the engines were running perfectly without problems when sold, each one having many gallons of MT through it. Your LHS on the other hand... well.... My first question would be "did he have any other fuel on the shelf?" because if not..... I'd suspect he was just trying to sell you what he had. And as for the two other models in for repair, I'll BET he told the owners they'd run them too lean and overheated them!! If it was the fuel I'd expect a lubrication, bearings or scored piston and liner problem, not a burned piston. Edited January 27, 2007 by allan1010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomguy Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 hello people my mate has a brand new savage 25 i told hime to put tornado 20% in it but when he and his dad when to a model shop the bloke said dont use it as its crap and it will burn your pistons out he said i have 2 savages in my shop now with the same problem burnt out pistons because of the tornado fuel so my mate told me the bloke out off the shop gave him the model technics fuel 20 % he said use that you will have no problem so what do you guys think i my self would use tornado fuel 20% What a load of $&^!T Model Technics is for planes I dont know many savages that fly rofl Someone should set up a thread of 'Discraced' LHS's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sin Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Savage/HPI engines like tornado fuel, unlike revo's. I mean u could put od's in and it will be fine,but tornado does not cause engine problems i dont undertand why people keep saying this, i ran 25% tornado in my T-15 and it worked fine nothing broke on that. I think LHS just talk balls all the time. just read this forum cos everything on here has helped me and i have no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy122 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Orion Fuel aint bad either actually its not quiet as good as Tornado buts alot better then Model Techniks I ran it in a .18 at 25% Boy does it kill my diffs ... Ziggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sin Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 yeah orion is good, but is it still going to be a one off as someone said it was like a one off shipment or somthing ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea118 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 MTs is NOT for planes, some types are, but others arent. big bang for instance is for MTs and the likes basically stick to these rules, im sure many will agree: ODs will run in just about anything Tornado's isnt favoured by small blocks (maybe thats why ziggy blew engines ) but runs fine in big blocks as small blocks run alot hotter than big blocks, and tornado's doesnt run quite as cool as ODs Byrons is basically the same as ODs anything else is useable, the 3 above are the most expensive i have found other than run in fuel which is just total [CENSORED] tbh. nothing will kill you're engine unless it has lower than 8% oil, then you may just get premature wear. and anything other than the top 3 is budget fuel, like budget servo's and budget computer parts for example, it all works just not as good as the dearer stuff obviously there are rules about nitro content for engine size but thats another matter and basically down to preferance same as fuels unless you run a .12 on 25% then you will have troubles now stop bickering cos you're all annoying me and its spoiling the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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