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Looking to get a new mixing jug for mixing nitro. Would like a top to it and 1 ounce markings on it. Having trouble finding one. Anyone have a source? Thanks, Jeff Lutz
X2. Kently Porter showed me this trick a couple of years ago. Works awesome. I picked mine up off of eBay.I use a 1000 ml graduated cylinder. No top but I can pour it into a can (through a filter) right away...
Do a Google search if it might work for you
. Good idea, I’ll try him. Just getting started again ....Thanks, JeffJeff,
Call John Otto I am sure he can help you out.
I Trust The Testing Is Going Well?
Mark Sholund
. Ron, I use a different method right now in my dads 55 year old mixing jug from controline speed days. I like a top with threads so you can seal the container and never have to clean it. I may have to do something similar to what you guys are doing. ThanksYes, exactly. 3785ml equals one gallon. Just keep mixing and pouring into gallon jugs. as you fill up one start on the second and so on. Concentrate on the 1000ml glass cylinder, not the gallon jugs...
You will be amazed how fast you can mix a few gallons of fuel.
terry,how would i get 60% nitro and 18% oil? also where is everyone buying PURE Nitro? thanks,mike.Or you can weigh your ingredients. Makes for a very accurate and consistent mix.
Four liters (4000 ml) fills a gallon jug nicely.
The SG of nitro is 1.13, alcohol = 0.79 and oil is very close to 1.0.
Say you wanted 60% with 12% oil:
Nitro: 4000 ml x 0.6 = 2400 ml 2400 ml x 1.13 = 2712 grams
Alcohol: 4000 ml x 0.28 = 1120 ml 1120 ml x 0.79 = 889 grams
Oil: 4000 ml x 0.12 = 480 ml 480 ml x 1.0 = 480 grams
. It doesn’t. There are far more important things to be thinking about. I’ve bought numerous drums of nitro over the years. When running out of the same drum, I have mixed fuel in 40 degree weather and later ran that fuel in 90 degree weather and it ran the same as some mixed in 90 degree weather. Checked with a stalker radar. Jeff LutzHow much difference do you think it really makes? Would weight and volume methods be pretty close at standard temperature and pressure? And then maybe differ at high altitude or high heat and humidity??
Here's a random chart from a Google search - the coefficient looks pretty small for methanol, although a big enough temperature change could be significant.
I'm thinking that I would generally mix fuel under somewhat constant temperature conditions.....
How much difference do you think it really makes? Would weight and volume methods be pretty close at standard temperature and pressure? And then maybe differ at high altitude or high heat and humidity??
Here's a random chart from a Google search - the coefficient looks pretty small for methanol, although a big enough temperature change could be significant.
I'm thinking that I would generally mix fuel under somewhat constant temperature conditions.....
terry,how would i get 60% nitro and 18% oil? also where is everyone buying PURE Nitro? thanks,mike.Or you can weigh your ingredients. Makes for a very accurate and consistent mix.
Four liters (4000 ml) fills a gallon jug nicely.
The SG of nitro is 1.13, alcohol = 0.79 and oil is very close to 1.0.
Say you wanted 60% with 12% oil:
Nitro: 4000 ml x 0.6 = 2400 ml 2400 ml x 1.13 = 2712 grams
Alcohol: 4000 ml x 0.28 = 1120 ml 1120 ml x 0.79 = 889 grams
Oil: 4000 ml x 0.12 = 480 ml 480 ml x 1.0 = 480 grams
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