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07-09-2009, 01:58 PM
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My vehicles are old, and I'd like them to run for well, forever. I don't think I'm trying Nitro.
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07-09-2009, 10:19 PM
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Sorry that youre mundane... Just Joshin with you, that was more of a funny post about nitro. I gotta get my jollies somehow here, I get a life and death "thrill" almost every time I drive off of this base!
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07-17-2009, 04:27 PM
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update:
the good...finally started my experiment by filling w/ non-E10 gas yesterday.
the bad...a couple days before filling, my car started acting up again. feels like a back pressure hesitation. maybe the muffler is shot! FE is surely compromised.
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07-17-2009, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bowtieguy
the bad...a couple days before filling, my car started acting up again. feels like a back pressure hesitation. maybe the muffler is shot! FE is surely compromised.
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I had a cat so plugged up that I could barely maintain highway speed and it had little effect on my FE.
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07-17-2009, 07:06 PM
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To test for exhaust or cat plugging, stick a vacuum gauge on a convenient port, rev the motor to 2500 or so and let off the throttle sharply, if the vacuum drops realllllly sllloowwwly then there's definitely a problem.
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07-18-2009, 01:22 PM
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thanks guys. the cat is fairly new and the problem is VERY intermitant.
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07-21-2009, 10:43 AM
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Model airplanes with IC engines use nitro. You probably can pick up nitro at your local hobby shop. I was thinking about it a few years ago for my lawnmower.
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07-21-2009, 08:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dosco
Model airplanes with IC engines use nitro. You probably can pick up nitro at your local hobby shop. I was thinking about it a few years ago for my lawnmower.
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hmmmm, you have a point there, but it contains castor oil and its for 2 strokes.. my parents used to have a 2 stroke push mower when i was a kid, cant remember who made it....
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07-24-2009, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by hi tech hillbilly
hmmmm, you have a point there, but it contains castor oil and its for 2 strokes.. my parents used to have a 2 stroke push mower when i was a kid, cant remember who made it....
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Not talking about glow fuel which has nitro in it.
Am talking about buying straight nitro at your local hobby shop. I can't recall if it was "pure" (so to speak), or some sort of nitro additive for glow fuel. I will stop by my shop in the next couple of days to check.
As far as 2-stroke lawnmowers, you are probably thinking of Lawnboy ... they seem to be popular here in Maryland (I never saw one growing up in upstate NY). I had one for a while after my nice 4-stroke (that I had for 9 years) was stolen. I was happy to be rid of the oily, smokey thing. Gach!! I will probably get lung cancer after having used it ... blue smoke disaster!!
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07-24-2009, 11:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dosco
Not talking about glow fuel which has nitro in it.
Am talking about buying straight nitro at your local hobby shop. I can't recall if it was "pure" (so to speak), or some sort of nitro additive for glow fuel. I will stop by my shop in the next couple of days to check.
As far as 2-stroke lawnmowers, you are probably thinking of Lawnboy ... they seem to be popular here in Maryland (I never saw one growing up in upstate NY). I had one for a while after my nice 4-stroke (that I had for 9 years) was stolen. I was happy to be rid of the oily, smokey thing. Gach!! I will probably get lung cancer after having used it ... blue smoke disaster!!
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oh, my bad i didnt know you could buy "pure" nitro, i was into gas r/c airplanes for a little bit but i just bought what super tiger recomended. Youre right about the mower too and i hated mowing with that smoky pile too, especially 1/2 acre..
Back on task though, i really wonder if methanol and nitro would blend and not seperate, how much does nitro cost?
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