Fuel

[andrewtexas7450]

I was wondering what fuel every one uses?

I Use 16% odonnell fuel.

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

20% O'Donnel and the hard to hate Marval Mystery Oil for the ARO.

 

[MEGA MAXX]

25% model technics for me

 

[andrewtexas7450]

Is 16% better or worse than 20%?

 

[MEGA MAXX]

Is 16% better or worse than 20%?

16 will give less power but slightly less engine wear..
20 will give slightly more power but slightly more wear.
(also 20 gives slightly cooler running)


does anyone else run 25% in their trx 2.5?

 

[c3racing0082]

I mix 30% & 20% sidewinder and make 25% ish

 

[beason]

20% white lightning.

 

[olds97_lss]

20% trinity MHP (12% lube). Been pretty much using just this for 5 years. Tried a few others over that time as well, but the trinity seems to be most consistant for what I do, bash.

 

[HeartBreak]

20% trinity MHP, same as olds. I started out with o'donnels, and about the only thing I liked about it was the smell. Then I switched to Blue Thunder for a while, and didn't like it all that much. It made my CV.12 really hard to tune. I switched to Trinity after that, and have been using it ever-since.

 

[4u2nv]

I'm with Olds. Good stuff!

 

[jetmechG550]

20% Trinity MHP but think I am going to run 30% this year now that I have a different mill for the bug and I'm most likely going to mod my TM. Oh yeah, and stick something nice into the LSP whenever it arrives.

 

[mudbogginredneck]

i use 20% blue thunder

 

[SMaxxin]

I'm also running Trinity MHP 20%, like Olds I have used otheres but I like the Trinity best. My engines seem easier to tune and hold a better tune since I started using it.

 

[CHARLYROXS411]

20 White Lightning

 

[Jeep]

So far, I've run a quart of 20% Trinity MHP and a little more than a quart of 20% Blue Thunder, both have performed excellently.

Jeep

 

[digger]

Trinity 20%

How come nobody else uses that?

 

[Jeep]

When I ordered my buggy, I ordered a quart of trinity MHP, and went through most of it during break-in.
No LHS, so I ordered 4 more quarts, and saw after ordering that it was going to be about 9 days shipping time, so I went to the closest hobby shop (about 130 miles round trip) I made the trip because this is my first nitro rc, but they didn't carry trinity, so I bought 2 gallons of blue thunder, which I had read good things about. So, now I have a about 1-3/4 gallons of blue thunder and a gallon of trinity MHP

I did notice though that about half of the responses on this qustion has been 20% trinity MHP

 

[HeartBreak]

You'll like the MHP. When I did the switchover from Blue Thunder, I had to open the master needle about 1/4 turn. Then I leaned down from there.

 

[Nitrobuzzard]

I run BT 20% for about 4 years then switched to Trinity MHP 20%. I have to drive about 125 miles round trip for the Trinity vs. 25 miles for the BT........yea I like it that much better........easier to tune and I think I get better performance but thats just MY opinion............

 

[Jeep]

Well, sadly, I havn't had the combination of free time during daylight and decent weather to run my buggy enough after breakin to determine whether I like BT or Trinity MHP better, but I have enough of each fuel now to try to find out when opportunity allows. I had to re-tune when I went from the trinity to the BT, but I was also still at a rich setting breaking in, and the humidity and outside temp was varied ALOT!, so I expected to retune anyway from 3 major tuning factors regardless of fuel brand.

Jeep