Ferrari Mailing List: Re: its SMOG check time

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

The Castrol with Nitro already in it...  I think they stopped making that in early 80s

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 12:46:00 PM PDT, Hans E. Hansen <flist [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

Which can't you buy?  Castrol 2 stroke oil is readily available around
here, a popular choice for chainsaws (I'm in western Oregon, lots of
chainsaws...).  And nitromethane is in 1 gallon jugs at the local
hobby shop for use in the little motors in small model airplanes.
It's also on Amazon.

Hans.

On 6/8/21, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>  Used to run the 2 stroke Castrol with Nitro in the fuel in my Elsinore!
> LOVED the smell of that stuff wafting over a field of dirt.  You can't buy
> that anymore... but you can buy Klotz on Amazon!
>
>    On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 9:58:48 AM PDT, Douglas Anderson
> <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
>
>
> Moon Gas.  Sixty years ago (gads) when Karting was a lot more than just a
> fad, race tracks popping up all over and engines such as McCulloch, West
> Bend, Yamahas, and the dreaded German water cooled Konig were common . . .
> so were mystery fuel mixtures.
>
>
>
> One such OTC fuel was Moon Gas.  Methanol, nitro and caster bean oil.  Just
> a 5 gallon jug what the Dooling's and Fox Red Head speed planes were
> running.  Sure smelled good.
>
>
>
> Corrosive?  You bet.  Especially anything rubber.  After a days session it
> was not uncommon to just empty the fuel in the tank on the ground.  Of
> course ignorant of the fact that the city fathers will never be able to
> build a school on THAT property.
>
>
>
> Golly - that mixture is almost like todays service station fuel with the
> politically correct E15 gas which destroys old fashioned carb car rubber
> fuel lines and accelerator pump diaphragms.
>
>
>
> Oh well, Onward
>
> Doug
>
>
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