Doing all the math (roughly give or take 5%) to make your own 3 gallons cost around $142. Buying 30% at the hobby shop currently cost between $35-50 bucks a gallon. I’m currently able to get 6 gallon cases from vp fuels of there best blend for around $211 which I pick up. For someone far from a hobby shop this method is better because I’m sure shipping a 6 gallon case would cost a lot but for me the only reason to do this would be if I could make a better blend which I don’t believe I can. Still a great video just wish it was a way to cut some cost down on how much nitro has become. This was based on a gallon of pure nitro being $83 from torco, a 5 gallon jug of methanol is $61 however you only need 3 gallons to every gallon of nitro so at that price I just put $40 for the 3 gallons I would need and then $19 for a 33 ounce jug of Castrol oil from maxima, those amounts would all make a little over 3 gallons. Wild how the oil industry has calculated all this to make sure we buy from them or pay more to make our own gas.
Well Nitro methane works as a catalyst providing extra O2 to get the combustion going. If you are out of it then simply do it with Methanol. OH will get the job done. But importantly do use oil. Don't use Methanol directly. No lubrication will cause some heavy damage to engine.
Hello Shane ... Congratulations, it's certainly a great video. I would like to understand the standard of when to use 8%, 12% or 16% for oil. Is there a literature with the standards? Which would be ? Thanks.
Great video! I am considering getting into mixing my own nitro as well. It's got to be cheaper than buying gallons at approximately 30-35USD per gallon! I appreciate the info! Have a good one!
It was cheaper for me Since any nitro fuel where I live is overpriced 300% You should look for the price of all ingredients in local stores and determine if it's worth it or not
what about "scents" for the homemade nitro fuel? can you add a scent, which scent, and how much would you add? does scent affect the way the nitro fuel burns? i have smelled and seen scented fuels at the drag races scented with grape mostly, one with strawberry, one i think was lemon...
so u mix all your nitro with 100% castor oil for the lubrication..most makers use a mix of castor and synthetic oils. which do u think offers better temps and protection? what temps do your engines run at when tuned? 220-260?
To be honest home made fuel especially yours probably works and performs way better than other factory prepped fuel, who knows what factories use in factory prepped fuel. And that is it's true nitro fuel color too, all these other fuels are like blue, green or orange
Thanks Shane for the informative video. I am surprised that you don't wear gloves while mixing the ingredients. Methanol is very, very toxic and is absorbed through the skin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_toxicity). I would certainly advise anybody mixing their own glow fuel to wear gloves and safety glasses (a splash of methanol in the eyes could easily happen and would have serious consequences). Just my two cents. Have fun out there and be safe!
Great video man. I have been doing my own fuel aswell for about 8 months now. You should look into the Klotz benol/super techniplate oils. Much better then off the shelf caster.
When i was young and had enought time, i use to play with aereo models, whose motor fuel was of a mix of methanol and RICIN OIL ( NO CASTOR OIL, not so much soluble in methanol ). Ricin oil dissolves easy and fully in methanol ( ricin oil also fully dissolves in water, as methanol too ... ). The problem with ricin oil is that - after burning - thay say it forms the so called "rubbers" ( which need to completly dismontle and properly wash the motor after some working hours ... but i never did that, with no problems ... ). Another advantage of ricin oil is that, after playing with the motor, there are no "oil" stains around, no dirty shirts or hands ... all can be easily clean just with water ! I think however it's cost much more than castor oil ...
Most modern fuels dont use Castor oil any more, they use Synthetic Oil. It burns cleaner and you dont get that horrible brown sticky residue gumming up your engine after a few hours use
Lol, most of my Model flying club use Model technics Bekra, it contains all synthetic oil, Zero castor You can look for yourself at the mixtures. Most of them are Synthetic only a few have castor blended with the synthetic, and the levels of synthetic compared to Castor are always higher www.modeltechnics.com/glowfuel.htm
@@joeys5429 no it not mate caster oil has seized engines when people leave the fuel in there engine the nitro,methanol evaporates then the caster oil will dry up
@@joeys5429 sadly Joey... no .. it ain't a myth, normal castor oil which was used years ago also... if left in the engine over a long period, it dries solid and will seize the engine, and is a complete and utter bitch to remove. Best part is the ether... especially if you do it in a small room :)
Great video a great castor oil is klotz I add it to my fully synthetic fuels for additional protection the crappie said of it is you can't get pier nitromethane In Canada or it is very expensive and hard to get I have tried a 0% nitro blend of 90% methanol and 10% castor oil a hot glow plug and it works pretty good higher-quality the methanol is the better it works
By chance bud where do I get the supplies to do the same exact thing for my revo 3.3 ? Your truck sounds like it runs superb with that 30% nitro 8% oil mixture seems perf !! P.s I subscribed also thanks for the beneficial info , god bless
I found my home made fuel to work better than any store bought, maybe its just bias . but now I work in a hobby store and it doesnt pay to build my own because I pay wholesale.
HI Shane. I'm in Houston as well and would like to know which race shops had fuel on hand. It used to be a hyper fuels distributor 5 mins from me on the NW side, but they closed about 2 years ago.
you should use klots benol castor oil it's triple distilled it's triple fortified and it's degumed and it has anticorosion agents as Well it is twice as lubricating as stadard castor oil I use about 8percent oil with no nitro or a 6percent oil with 6 perecent nitro I've used 7 gallons in the engine and still going hard I get 38 minits a tank it such good oil it needs half the richness compare to norm oil and it mixes without shaking castor is old school and u need twice as much as clots benol oil.
I got the methanol and nitromethane from a racing fuel shop hear in Houston Texas called HYPERFUELS. Most drag strips have it also. From what I have gathered some states will not sell it or people don’t know where to look for it. Yes there is synthetic blend in some fuels but I was trying to show just how easy it is to make. I also have to add you should where gloves while handling it or JUST NOT GET IT ON YOU! We all handle hot water and it will burn you if you pour it on you hand so use that same mindset when handling it.( There you go U tube safety police!) As for the toilet lol hell yeah seat up like a mans shop should be. Yes I reload ammo every man should learn how to reload there is something about it that once you start you can’t stop it is one of my favorite hobby’s. HYPERFUELS (281) 447-7200 Racing Car Parts Store · Houston, TX hyperfuels.com/
thanks for this explanation for brewing glow fuels.I fly model airplane so I was trying to work the formula to mix 10%and 15%Nitro with18%oil or 20% oil can u help here.
They dont carry 100% nitro at any of the model, hobby, or RC shops around my town . I did find it from VP fuel tho at my local speed shop for high performance dirt bikes and sand rails . Any vp fuel dealer apparently can sell you it but it might have to be ordered if they dont have it in stock . I'm actually using it for my drag banshee I just put a new high compression head on it and I keep haveing problems with over heating on the 110 race gas so I switched to methanol and haven't had a problem and I wanted to install a nitrous kit on it but I'm doing some research on running altered fuel instead to see which would give me a more consistent pool anyways I didn't know if VP fuel made it or not thanks for the help anyways my brother
@@johnnichol9412 the closest pre mix for me is a three hour drive mate . An not the case at all yes IV already got the measurements I need in mls but it's more the fact of interaction with other youtubers I like to here it from them as I like any conversations about RC cars 😎👍
@@DOWNUNDERRCS If you are mixing your own and don't have to travel 3 hours is the store in the next block? To answer your OP if I take 600 mils, 300 mils and 100 mils I would have a litre? If I want 5 litres then x 5 maybe or varied for the ratio of the mix that you are making, no?
@@johnnichol9412 no meaning the closest hobby store that sells premixed nitro is a 3-hr drive for me we do not have a hobby store in town last one closed up years ago. but I can get the ingredients to make it myself. as I said before its more just interacting with other youtubers that I enjoy hence why I asked. good day thanks mate😁
I have heard that should add the nitromathane to the methanol. Adding methanol to nitromathane could cause a chemical reaction (🔥). Just like adding water to acid is dangerous, always add acid to water.
Why do they use castor oil? Can you explain more about that? Is it specific for two strokes? Theres anything from crankcase castor oil to two stroke castor oil to stuff for medical use! Which do you need to do the job of lubrication and mixing with the methanol??
The castor oil blends better with the other components of the fuel. Petroleum based lubricants tend to separate. I believe castor oil was more common with earlier 2 strokes. Yes castor oil is used medically. Helps the bowels... ;)
@@caseypederson6206 i believe castor oil provide better protection at high temperature and syntactic oil not as good as castro at high temp. maybe try mix syntactic and castor oil together?
If only I've seen this video a few years earlier, I might do my own homebrew. However, I have to do some research locally if methanol and nitro were available locally.
is 8 % oil the propper amount for 2 stroke engines?? i have an OS 108 bx1 and because of shipping problems with fuel, want to make my own,( straight fuel no nitro)and all the videos i have found is with a mix of 20% oil, my engine is a ring engine with sleeve bearings in the con rod and ball bearings on the crank. what is the recomandation for this style engine.
So I did the math @ 150 with shipping for the 5 gal Methanol 50$ for 1 gal of nitro methane and 12$ for a 10oz of Castor oil that is 212$ to only make 3 gal fuel. to make 3 more would need to buy 1 more gal of nitro methane and 2 more bottles of caster oil to make a total of 6 gal and have only 2 gal of methanol left total cost for 6 gal is 300 to make 6 gal of fuel = 50$ 1 gal of pure homemade nitro fuel That seems like a lot to me?? Is this right or can you find this stuff cheaper??
It seems impossible to find all the components here in colorado and the plane I have is so old that my grandpa used it and in the book he left for it he only talked about mixing his own and not which over the counter to buy does anyone have any suggestions
kasula bharat kumar Go to Traxxas.com and just go through the categories and find nitro models. if you want the exact same one its the Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3
On a side note I wouldn’t recommend buying a nitro rc as your first rc car you’re gonna end up not using it. a nitro rc needs lots of attention and maintenance
oil does not mix with nitro or methanol u must use special oils or special castor oils that mixes with methanol, if u use food additive castor you run into problems and after u let it site it will desperate again, just you to stroke oil much cheaper clots is 40 bucks a gallon.
Food coloring is water based which would cause problems. Some also have sugar in them and that would gunk up your engine on combustion. Best not to use food coloring. They make fuel coloring additives but they are usually expensive and not worth it.
Hey Buddy can you tell me, is it working fine with your T-maxx and was it same mixture that you made in the end of the video in that blue color..? I will appreciate if you can help me?
thanks shane!! cannot get 1 gallon Nitromethane here in Florida without filling out paper work with vp,you can get a 50/50 mix which is half Nitromethane and half methanol.in a 5 gallon drum!! because I have a twice card for the port of entry which I deliverer jet fuel to the airports they will consider Grant me access to get pure100% Nitro for my personal use.on the paperwork they want to know where are going to store it and what you going to use it for? so for guys want to mix your own glow fuel,be prepare. for this type scruitiny. from dhsecurity.
Horace Smith I live in Gainesville and we can get %100 nitro at some of the race shops. I don't know where you got your nitro from, but I think you got had. I have bought %50 nitro and %80 for race karts with no issues at all
A Diesel engine has glow plugs and the fuel it uses is no more than refined oil for lubrication for the moving parts but also is combustible when compressed and ignited by the glow plugs. Its not as simple as the engine in a RC Vehicle but it works on the same concept. Would it also be possible to add RC nitro to diesel fuel and increase the output?
Diesel is much more energy dense. The compression needed to make diesel ignite is much higher than what is achieved in an rc car. The glow plug in an rc car also doesn't get hot enough to ignite the fuel. After all this if you still got it to somehow run the fuel is so energy dense that I doubt your rc cars engine would be able to handle the power generated and would break in some way rapidly. Usually a piston arm or crank shaft will break. Happy driving!
Modern diesel engines and glow engines are different in ignition principle. The glow plugs in your car/truck is there to add enough heat to the combustion chamber during cold starts to aid in ignition of the fuel at injection. That is the only time they are hot/energized. This is why old compression ignition diesel engines required preheating before they could be started. Ignition in mechanically injected diesel engines is controlled by the fuel being injected (fuel ignites itself due to the pressure and temperature alone, with the aid of a glow blug in cold temperatures if there isnt already enough heat for reliable self ignition). Mechanically injected or old compression diesels can be started just by cranking them over. A glow engine isnt a compression ignition engine, it requires an ignition source. The glow plug has a heat element that is coated with a platinum catalist that burns/heats itself in the presence of methanol. Once the engine is started it becomes self heating, which is why you can remove the glow driver and the engine stays running. During the compression cycle the fuel/air mixture is compressed. Once the mixture is compressed a sufficient amount the hot glow plug element can ignite the charge. As the engine runs faster the plug element is exposed to more methanol and heat and it gets hotter. A side-effect of the hotter plug is advanced ignition timing. If you run a glow engine too lean it will melt the plug coil, without the coil the engine will quit running. I've done this in my helicopter several times.
I just use methanol with 20% oil in my rc aircraft engines. Runs just fine and probably will make the engine last longer at slight power loss. Safer, and cheaper. Might try ethanol next
No amigo, solo aceite de ricino (castor oil) y methanol, NUNCA con acetona! En su receta es 30% de puro nitro, 8% de aceite (castor oil) y 62% de methanol. Hay otra receta en el web que dice 10% de castor oil y 90% de methanol sin nitro y funciona bien por si no puedes encontrar puro nitro.
Yea I just pulled mine out of storage, a few years old. Had a little gas sitting in the case this whole time. Gunked the motor, harder than hell to turn. Just dump a little fresh gas down the head, and turn with a pair of channel locks. Freed it right up.
It'would cost about $25 a gallon for 30% fuel to make it yourself if you can get the material local. IT is not much cheaper if using less nitro content. Buying it cost $45 for 30% a gallon. If you have to ship the materials then the cost is not worth it $40 a gallon for 30% a gallon.
Where do you get your nitromethane?
Very nice presentation, but I too would use Klotz castor and Techniplate synthetic mix.
Very easy math to do, nice notes as well.
Where do you get the nitro ?
Doing all the math (roughly give or take 5%) to make your own 3 gallons cost around $142. Buying 30% at the hobby shop currently cost between $35-50 bucks a gallon. I’m currently able to get 6 gallon cases from vp fuels of there best blend for around $211 which I pick up. For someone far from a hobby shop this method is better because I’m sure shipping a 6 gallon case would cost a lot but for me the only reason to do this would be if I could make a better blend which I don’t believe I can. Still a great video just wish it was a way to cut some cost down on how much nitro has become. This was based on a gallon of pure nitro being $83 from torco, a 5 gallon jug of methanol is $61 however you only need 3 gallons to every gallon of nitro so at that price I just put $40 for the 3 gallons I would need and then $19 for a 33 ounce jug of Castrol oil from maxima, those amounts would all make a little over 3 gallons. Wild how the oil industry has calculated all this to make sure we buy from them or pay more to make our own gas.
Well Nitro methane works as a catalyst providing extra O2 to get the combustion going. If you are out of it then simply do it with Methanol. OH will get the job done. But importantly do use oil. Don't use Methanol directly. No lubrication will cause some heavy damage to engine.
Hello Shane ...
Congratulations, it's certainly a great video.
I would like to understand the standard of when to use 8%, 12% or 16% for oil. Is there a literature with the standards? Which would be ?
Thanks.
Great video! I am considering getting into mixing my own nitro as well. It's got to be cheaper than buying gallons at approximately 30-35USD per gallon! I appreciate the info! Have a good one!
Wonder if a drop of food coloring would work to tint the mixture ?better to see in fuel tank as well as lines for priming.. great video..
Food coloring is water based so you would need an oil soluble aka oil based dye. Water is a no no when it comes to fuel
How much cheaper is it to make your own vs buying an actual gallon
It was cheaper for me
Since any nitro fuel where I live is overpriced 300%
You should look for the price of all ingredients in local stores and determine if it's worth it or not
Where do you get the methanol from and what do you use to dye the fuel blue?
what about "scents" for the homemade nitro fuel? can you add a scent, which scent, and how much would you add? does scent affect the way the nitro fuel burns? i have smelled and seen scented fuels at the drag races scented with grape mostly, one with strawberry, one i think was lemon...
so u mix all your nitro with 100% castor oil for the lubrication..most makers use a mix of castor and synthetic oils. which do u think offers better temps and protection? what temps do your engines run at when tuned? 220-260?
Thanks for taking the time out to make this video appreciate it bro.
Ok - so the obvious question is: where do you buy your fuel ingredients - especially the Methanol and Nitromethane ?
Thank you for your time.
Charles Bovalis- watch part 1. He buys it from a local race shop.
To be honest home made fuel especially yours probably works and performs way better than other factory prepped fuel, who knows what factories use in factory prepped fuel. And that is it's true nitro fuel color too, all these other fuels are like blue, green or orange
A.M.M.O those are jist dyes for the different ratios. It would be easy to mislabel fuels without the aid of the dye
Thanks Shane for the informative video.
I am surprised that you don't wear gloves while mixing the ingredients. Methanol is very, very toxic and is absorbed through the skin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_toxicity).
I would certainly advise anybody mixing their own glow fuel to wear gloves and safety glasses (a splash of methanol in the eyes could easily happen and would have serious consequences). Just my two cents.
Have fun out there and be safe!
Please explain where to purchase all the materials needed to make the nitro fuel? Thanks
Where can I buy Nitro Methane, Methanol and castor oil?
walgreens and gas’ station i’m pretty sure
If i want to put color in my own fuel, which color is reccomended? And quantity please
Great video man. I have been doing my own fuel aswell for about 8 months now. You should look into the Klotz benol/super techniplate oils. Much better then off the shelf caster.
how much is it for all the ingredients.. how many gallons does it make..ty
no way. you can make your own nitro fuel. dude thats even better man thank you for posting that.
Where can you buy everything
Thank you very much for the information and Good Video, greetings from Mexico 👌👌
I make my fuel too...and I add motul micro with castor oil..that mixture makes the lubrication more clean and eficient..just for the record😉👍👌
Where would I get nitromethane and could you upload a scanned copy of your paper or where I can get the info on how to make 10%
Awesome video! Well done! Shane, what did you use to dye the 30% nitro fuel? Was it regular food coloring??
When i was young and had enought time, i use to play with aereo models, whose motor fuel was of a mix of methanol and RICIN OIL ( NO CASTOR OIL, not so much soluble in methanol ). Ricin oil dissolves easy and fully in methanol ( ricin oil also fully dissolves in water, as methanol too ... ). The problem with ricin oil is that - after burning - thay say it forms the so called "rubbers" ( which need to completly dismontle and properly wash the motor after some working hours ... but i never did that, with no problems ... ).
Another advantage of ricin oil is that, after playing with the motor, there are no "oil" stains around, no dirty shirts or hands ... all can be easily clean just with water !
I think however it's cost much more than castor oil ...
Nice
From all the mixtures bought how many gallons do you get
Where did you get the nirtromethem and methonal, I like the video however the ingredients are hard to find
Most modern fuels dont use Castor oil any more, they use Synthetic Oil. It burns cleaner and you dont get that horrible brown sticky residue gumming up your engine after a few hours use
thats a myth
Lol, most of my Model flying club use Model technics Bekra, it contains all synthetic oil, Zero castor
You can look for yourself at the mixtures. Most of them are Synthetic only a few have castor blended with the synthetic, and the levels of synthetic compared to Castor are always higher www.modeltechnics.com/glowfuel.htm
@@joeys5429 no it not mate caster oil has seized engines when people leave the fuel in there engine the nitro,methanol evaporates then the caster oil will dry up
@@joeys5429 sadly Joey... no .. it ain't a myth, normal castor oil which was used years ago also... if left in the engine over a long period, it dries solid and will seize the engine, and is a complete and utter bitch to remove.
Best part is the ether... especially if you do it in a small room :)
Great video a great castor oil is klotz I add it to my fully synthetic fuels for additional protection the crappie said of it is you can't get pier nitromethane In Canada or it is very expensive and hard to get I have tried a 0% nitro blend of 90% methanol and 10% castor oil a hot glow plug and it works pretty good higher-quality the methanol is the better it works
By chance bud where do I get the supplies to do the same exact thing for my revo 3.3 ? Your truck sounds like it runs superb with that 30% nitro 8% oil mixture seems perf !! P.s I subscribed also thanks for the beneficial info , god bless
It’s been a while since I bought Rac fuels. It was $20 a gallon then, is this cheaper
Have you used klotz oil
I found my home made fuel to work better than any store bought, maybe its just bias . but now I work in a hobby store and it doesnt pay to build my own because I pay wholesale.
HI Shane. I'm in Houston as well and would like to know which race shops had fuel on hand. It used to be a hyper fuels distributor 5 mins from me on the NW side, but they closed about 2 years ago.
Randy's Hobbies, 249 & Grant. Get some Ritch's Brew.
you should use klots benol castor oil it's triple distilled it's triple fortified and it's degumed and it has anticorosion agents as Well it is twice as lubricating as stadard castor oil I use about 8percent oil with no nitro or a 6percent oil with 6 perecent nitro I've used 7 gallons in the engine and still going hard I get 38 minits a tank it such good oil it needs half the richness compare to norm oil and it mixes without shaking castor is old school and u need twice as much as clots benol oil.
Easier to mix the methanol and caster first, then add the nitro...you won't have the nitro/caster goop problem..
What's the ratio for 20 percent nitro
hi there loved the video. just one question tho how do i know what percentage of nitro my rc car takes
the most common fuel used is 20%
I bought a 1/10 street nitro car what kind of fuel do I use theres many kinds
Hey to be safe most rc car nitro motors will run on 20% nitro but it depends on how much nitro your motor can handle
We’re can I purchase the nitro and methane from
Search on google
I got the methanol and nitromethane from a racing fuel shop hear in Houston Texas called HYPERFUELS. Most drag strips have it also. From what I have gathered some states will not sell it or people don’t know where to look for it. Yes there is synthetic blend in some fuels but I was trying to show just how easy it is to make. I also have to add you should where gloves while handling it or JUST NOT GET IT ON YOU! We all handle hot water and it will burn you if you pour it on you hand so use that same mindset when handling it.( There you go U tube safety police!) As for the toilet lol hell yeah seat up like a mans shop should be. Yes I reload ammo every man should learn how to reload there is something about it that once you start you can’t stop it is one of my favorite hobby’s.
HYPERFUELS (281) 447-7200
Racing Car Parts Store · Houston, TX
hyperfuels.com/
What did you use for your exhaust downpipe
where can you buy all the materials needed? nitro, methane, castor oil?
Casey Gray can you use regular car gasoline with 2 stroke oil
thanks for this explanation for brewing glow fuels.I fly model airplane so I was trying to work the formula to mix 10%and 15%Nitro with18%oil or 20% oil can u help here.
Horace Smith .10x128=12.8oz of nitro 18x128=23.04oz of oil .72x128=92.16
Horace Smith why 128oz because the is 128oz in one US gallon.
great video can you please make video how to make the 20 percent nitro fuel
brandon morales Just calculate it
whether the fuel is safe for engines
Putra Putra I have been running it in my truck for 2 yrs with no problems.
okay.....shane cox. tthank you very much for the information. Nice to meet you
I was told to never use castor oil that is used for the body. It is not the right kind of castor oil.
Where do I get nitromethane at does VP fuels sell it pure like that or??..
They dont carry 100% nitro at any of the model, hobby, or RC shops around my town . I did find it from VP fuel tho at my local speed shop for high performance dirt bikes and sand rails . Any vp fuel dealer apparently can sell you it but it might have to be ordered if they dont have it in stock . I'm actually using it for my drag banshee I just put a new high compression head on it and I keep haveing problems with over heating on the 110 race gas so I switched to methanol and haven't had a problem and I wanted to install a nitrous kit on it but I'm doing some research on running altered fuel instead to see which would give me a more consistent pool anyways I didn't know if VP fuel made it or not thanks for the help anyways my brother
Soooo just a question, can I make this without oil because I want to make this for a gas engine
Evan Kane This fuel is ment for nitro engines only. Do not use this in a gas engine.
no
wouldnt that be expensive and wastefull ?
agreed @@glumfish6862
Yes you can.
Can we get the measurements in mls
If you have a smart device which you do to be here and don't know how to find a conversion table then perhaps you should be buying ready mixed.
@@johnnichol9412 the closest pre mix for me is a three hour drive mate . An not the case at all yes IV already got the measurements I need in mls but it's more the fact of interaction with other youtubers I like to here it from them as I like any conversations about RC cars 😎👍
@@DOWNUNDERRCS If you are mixing your own and don't have to travel 3 hours is the store in the next block?
To answer your OP if I take 600 mils, 300 mils and 100 mils I would have a litre? If I want 5 litres then x 5 maybe or varied for the ratio of the mix that you are making, no?
@@johnnichol9412 no meaning the closest hobby store that sells premixed nitro is a 3-hr drive for me we do not have a hobby store in town last one closed up years ago. but I can get the ingredients to make it myself. as I said before its more just interacting with other youtubers that I enjoy hence why I asked. good day thanks mate😁
Do you think you can give me a recipe for 60% Car?
I have heard that should add the nitromathane to the methanol. Adding methanol to nitromathane could cause a chemical reaction (🔥). Just like adding water to acid is dangerous, always add acid to water.
can you use klots?
From where could I get nitromethane??
Bird Lover a race shop.
Why do they use castor oil? Can you explain more about that? Is it specific for two strokes? Theres anything from crankcase castor oil to two stroke castor oil to stuff for medical use! Which do you need to do the job of lubrication and mixing with the methanol??
The castor oil blends better with the other components of the fuel. Petroleum based lubricants tend to separate. I believe castor oil was more common with earlier 2 strokes. Yes castor oil is used medically. Helps the bowels... ;)
@@caseypederson6206 i believe castor oil provide better protection at high temperature and syntactic oil not as good as castro at high temp. maybe try mix syntactic and castor oil together?
Hello, where do you get the nitro please
I've had the same truck for a long time when your motor blows you should try the os21 so much better Direct Fit!!!!!!!!
Can you send me the values to make my own fuel that's awesome man
If only I've seen this video a few years earlier, I might do my own homebrew. However, I have to do some research locally if methanol and nitro were available locally.
What kind of starter is that
its the newer style of (ez start)
is 8 % oil the propper amount for 2 stroke engines?? i have an OS 108 bx1 and because of shipping problems with fuel, want to make my own,( straight fuel no nitro)and all the videos i have found is with a mix of 20% oil, my engine is a ring engine with sleeve bearings in the con rod and ball bearings on the crank. what is the recomandation for this style engine.
Great video! Thanks
Don't know why but I was nervous in the video as you can tell but I think I got the point across. Thanks for all the kind comments everyone be safe.
You did good.. will try it.
Shane Cox 6
So I did the math @ 150 with shipping for the 5 gal Methanol 50$ for 1 gal of nitro methane and 12$ for a 10oz of Castor oil that is 212$ to only make 3 gal fuel. to make 3 more would need to buy 1 more gal of nitro methane and 2 more bottles of caster oil to make a total of 6 gal and have only 2 gal of methanol left total cost for 6 gal is 300 to make 6 gal of fuel = 50$ 1 gal of pure homemade nitro fuel That seems like a lot to me??
Is this right or can you find this stuff cheaper??
Michael Dean thats why u pick it up u dont ship it cs theyll charge for hazardous handling precautions
That's why you find a race track or race fuel supplier, don't mail order hazmat
It seems impossible to find all the components here in colorado and the plane I have is so old that my grandpa used it and in the book he left for it he only talked about mixing his own and not which over the counter to buy does anyone have any suggestions
Ok I'll look into it brother thanks👍
No you won’t
Here's a question I've got a tmaxx but when I lift the car off the ground it starts to drive forward plz help
Account Account you have to tune it with high speed screw and the throttle pin on your controller
either idle is set too high or your clutch shoes are staying engaged to clutch bell
what is the cost for the oil, nitro and ethanol?
Alberto nitro=50.00 for 1 gal methanol=30.00 for 5 gal. Oil is cheap a couple of dollars.
Alberto you can make about 5 gals of 30% of home brew with the amount listed.
Thanks Shane..Its worth. I am living in Houston too.. where do you bash your rigs?
Just the local parks and sometimes 3 palms off 45.
I couldn't find nitro for 50 around here its 69 plus. Also methane 5gal no 30 bucks around here at all!!
Can you provide info for buying a truck like yours (web link or offline store details)?
kasula bharat kumar Go to Traxxas.com and just go through the categories and find nitro models. if you want the exact same one its the Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3
On a side note I wouldn’t recommend buying a nitro rc as your first rc car you’re gonna end up not using it. a nitro rc needs lots of attention and maintenance
Thank you so much
Can you recommend a best rc for first time user?
kasula bharat kumar Could i contact you another way ? It makes it difficult here i cant send images and stuff
Great vid bro I am going to make nitro
oil does not mix with nitro or methanol u must use special oils or special castor oils that mixes with methanol, if u use food additive castor you run into problems and after u let it site it will desperate again, just you to stroke oil much cheaper clots is 40 bucks a gallon.
40 plus tax
the total cost is about the same...
only if you live in UK is worth it..
That should be the #1 question!!!
You cant buy pure Nitromethane in the UK unless you have a Licence, it can be used for making bombs. The max strength fuel available is 30% Nitro
Can you add food color on the fuel?
Food coloring is water based which would cause problems. Some also have sugar in them and that would gunk up your engine on combustion. Best not to use food coloring. They make fuel coloring additives but they are usually expensive and not worth it.
How do you dye your fuel?
Roberto Hernandez I use a little 2 stroke oil to dye it.
Shane Cox ok cool about how much and is there anything else you can dye it with??
Roberto Hernandez with a very little 2 stroke oil for air cooled engines
mix by volume or weight?
Vol...
So why is traxxas nitro blue?
color dias
Coloring added
That’s cool can’t find what I need in this area to make my own
What happened ifs 10% nitro
Very Nice video broder thank
Can u please suggest the ratio for a 200 cc 4stroke single cyl engine and how to tune the carb as well
Like he’s gonna respond after all these years
can you sent me your notes?
Why the toilet in the garage?
I find an older nitro car in my girlfriends shed. I'd love to try get it to run any help you can give me?
Nice!
Im gonna get some nitro to make my own fuel but how can I know it Is actually nitro?
What Is its smell? Is It oily?
Thanks
can I get more information on math that you did to make the nirto fuel?
Are you getting any foaming with that type of mixture ?
what is nitro??i don't know.please answer me.that is nitrogen gas or anyother,???
Top Technology how can you be so stupid?
Hey Buddy can you tell me, is it working fine with your T-maxx
and was it same mixture that you made in the end of the video in that blue color..?
I will appreciate if you can help me?
You need to refill your toilet paper lol
that where he does his methanol cooking at.
should be called mixing your own nitro fuel.
thanks shane!! cannot get 1 gallon Nitromethane here in Florida without filling out paper work with vp,you can get a 50/50 mix which is half Nitromethane and half methanol.in a 5 gallon drum!! because I have a twice card for the port of entry which I deliverer jet fuel to the airports they will consider Grant me access to get pure100% Nitro for my personal use.on the paperwork they want to know where are going to store it and what you going to use it for? so for guys want to mix your own glow fuel,be prepare. for this type scruitiny. from dhsecurity.
Horace Smith I'm in Texas and we just go to the race shop and buy it over the counter.
Same in Pennsylvania, all you have to do is be 18.
Horace Smith I live in Gainesville and we can get %100 nitro at some of the race shops. I don't know where you got your nitro from, but I think you got had. I have bought %50 nitro and %80 for race karts with no issues at all
A Diesel engine has glow plugs and the fuel it uses is no more than refined oil for lubrication for the moving parts but also is combustible when compressed and ignited by the glow plugs. Its not as simple as the engine in a RC Vehicle but it works on the same concept. Would it also be possible to add RC nitro to diesel fuel and increase the output?
Diesel is much more energy dense. The compression needed to make diesel ignite is much higher than what is achieved in an rc car. The glow plug in an rc car also doesn't get hot enough to ignite the fuel. After all this if you still got it to somehow run the fuel is so energy dense that I doubt your rc cars engine would be able to handle the power generated and would break in some way rapidly. Usually a piston arm or crank shaft will break. Happy driving!
Modern diesel engines and glow engines are different in ignition principle. The glow plugs in your car/truck is there to add enough heat to the combustion chamber during cold starts to aid in ignition of the fuel at injection. That is the only time they are hot/energized. This is why old compression ignition diesel engines required preheating before they could be started. Ignition in mechanically injected diesel engines is controlled by the fuel being injected (fuel ignites itself due to the pressure and temperature alone, with the aid of a glow blug in cold temperatures if there isnt already enough heat for reliable self ignition). Mechanically injected or old compression diesels can be started just by cranking them over.
A glow engine isnt a compression ignition engine, it requires an ignition source. The glow plug has a heat element that is coated with a platinum catalist that burns/heats itself in the presence of methanol. Once the engine is started it becomes self heating, which is why you can remove the glow driver and the engine stays running. During the compression cycle the fuel/air mixture is compressed. Once the mixture is compressed a sufficient amount the hot glow plug element can ignite the charge. As the engine runs faster the plug element is exposed to more methanol and heat and it gets hotter. A side-effect of the hotter plug is advanced ignition timing. If you run a glow engine too lean it will melt the plug coil, without the coil the engine will quit running. I've done this in my helicopter several times.
I just use methanol with 20% oil in my rc aircraft engines. Runs just fine and probably will make the engine last longer at slight power loss. Safer, and cheaper. Might try ethanol next
Where do you get it from and what kind of oil and how much oil do you mix with it I just got a nitro car for Christmas off Amazon
god video amigo ..sorry no speak English... nitro se puede sutituir por acetona?? puedo mezclar ,, metanol, aceite de castor y acetona ..es correcto?
No amigo, solo aceite de ricino (castor oil) y methanol, NUNCA con acetona!
En su receta es 30% de puro nitro, 8% de aceite (castor oil) y 62% de methanol.
Hay otra receta en el web que dice 10% de castor oil y 90% de methanol sin nitro y funciona bien por si no puedes encontrar puro nitro.
Never store your rc with gas in it
Yea I just pulled mine out of storage, a few years old. Had a little gas sitting in the case this whole time. Gunked the motor, harder than hell to turn. Just dump a little fresh gas down the head, and turn with a pair of channel locks. Freed it right up.
It'would cost about $25 a gallon for 30% fuel to make it yourself if you can get the material local. IT is not much cheaper if using less nitro content. Buying it cost $45 for 30% a gallon. If you have to ship the materials then the cost is not worth it $40 a gallon for 30% a gallon.
Would 10w 30 motor oil work for this or does it have to be castor oil
Castor or any other 2 stroke oil meat for blending with fuel
I wish someone made an R.C. car that shoots out header flames. Good video.
Tim FromLA it would be cool but these motors are pretty sensitive to mufflers. Maybe a tuned exaughst that could do it would be awesome