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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / October 2006RE: Mixing Your Own Fuel
""Doc"" <hmmmm@nahhhh.net> wrote in message news:k42dnf8KKpvC1bHYnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d@adelphia.com... > 5 gallon pail of 99.90% pure methanol............$30. > 1 gallon can of nitromethane = $40 > 2 quarts Klotz R/C Castor = $20 > > HAZMAT fees vary by product and volume but are approximately 25% of the > original price. So, for enough juice to make 5 gallons or so of 20% nitro, > minus the oil package we're looking at $30 (methanol) + $40 (nitro) + 25% > (HAZMAT) = > $87.50 + $20 (oil) = $ 107.50 > > I can get O'Donnels 20% race blend by the case at $22/gallon. That's $110 > for 5 gallons, > a mere $2.50 more than having to mix it myself. > > Doc I just found a place here on the west coast of Oz that sells all of the above off the shelf in small or large quantities. I can produce my own mix of 20% for about $3.50 cheaper than what I pay for premixed 2.5ltr 20% nitro ($41). If I don't use the Angus Nitromethane then I can mix for $13.50 cheaper than the premixed stuff. A lot less for the next couple of litres too, about $35 cheaper. Klotz - $16 per litre 99.95% Pure Methanol - $2 per litre Angus Nitro - $16.50 per litre or Chinese Nitro - $5.50 per litre All prices are a few dollars cheaper if you bring your own containers. I know it sounds expensive but we pay a $h1t load lot more for fuel in Oz than every where else in the world, nearly double the price of the USA. Cheers >> 5 gallon pail of 99.90% pure methanol............$30. >> 1 gallon can of nitromethane = $40 [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > I know it sounds expensive but we pay a $h1t load lot more for fuel in Oz > than every where else in the world, nearly double the price of the USA. We pay about £25ukp for a UK Gallon of Byron 20% / 25%.  SignatureDan - on his PC > >> 5 gallon pail of 99.90% pure methanol............$30. > >> 1 gallon can of nitromethane = $40 [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > -- £24ukp for 16% tornado £25 for 20% > >> 5 gallon pail of 99.90% pure methanol............$30. > >> 1 gallon can of nitromethane = $40 [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > -- > Dan - on his PC That's still about $12 (AUD) less than us per UK Gallon (4.5 ltrs) and also nearly double the US price, OUCH! ! ! At least the price of the trucks is getting cheaper here or the same as US prices for some brands like the HPI and Hot Bodies these days. I can buy the new Savage X SS kit for less than Tower Hobbies now and the HB E-Zilla for about $10 more and I don't have to wait 3 - 4 months for the mail to arrive. My brother inlaw is still waiting on his Revo 3.3 he bought on July 28 in the US. Brands like Losi and Traxxas are still ridiculously price here. Revo 3.3 is $280 more than the US and the Losi gear, we wont even go there. Cheers Hey Richard you on west coats of oz hey? im on the east :) I have been running my car on 2 types of fuel so far one from lhs that mixes it themselvs, they charge $19 per litre, 20% with 5% castor and 10% synthetic. second i can get for $11 per litre its 20% with 18% klotz oil i think thats just synthetic oil? Car runs about the same on both. > Hey Richard > you on west coats of oz hey? im on the east :) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > klotz oil i think thats just synthetic oil? Car runs about the same on > both. and I'm down south :) (Tassie) Cheers Dre I have discovered one of the LHS here will order in whatever fuel i need, i did a little research and aparently about 10% total oil is enough for a nitro car. I was thinking of ordering 5% castor, 7% synthetic, 20% nitro sound good? |
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