cant decide what oil to use assome people recomend normal motorbike 2stroke oil which i see alot of you use however its designed for bikes and its thick and not made for rc cars (strimmer engines) for strimmer engines you should use a thinner oil so the engine runs more freely and less likely to sieze. there are 2 stroke oils designed for strimmer engines so would it be best to use these. your thoughts please on this subject

Castrol 747 200ml to 5ltr of shell vpower for any largescale car end of story!

Mike

aye a747 all the way, word of cautoin tho.. if u do start using DONT revert back to something else as it will probably cause problems with ya engine. It's ok going from another brand to a747 ...but not vice versa

Hmm the 747 is a 2 stroke oil that is fully synthetic designed primerily for Motor bikes I think the important thing from the quote below also useable!
Quote
"Castrol A747 is a specially formulated low ash, synthetic based hybrid.
For use in multi cylinder, water cooled, race prepared motorcycle engines.
FIM Road Racing World Championship ref 404752/01

Also useable in Karts, Model Cars. ( 40:1 in Rotax Max kart engines. 125 and 250 Gearbox Karts at 25:1)"


One of the problems with using these types of oils esspecily the kind used for racing motorbikes a few years ago it was ruled that bikes on race tracks in certain countries had to pass an emmission test, so thats why a lot are clean burning and low ash etc etc. this is used by a detergent being added to the mix which removes oily residue 1. makes it burn cleaner and 2 freeer in theroy.
However in our 2 strokes we kinda want that oily residue it prolongs the life of the engine which is why a specialist 2 stroke oil designed for the engines a good idea.
For example either of the King Cobra oils
1 venom castor based
2 complex competition Fully synthetic
3 Klotz semi synthetic
4 Klotz fully synthetic (due in soon)

Personal favourite Klotz Super Techniplate semi synthetic it is an excellent all rounder 20% Benol pure racing castor and fully synthetic blend very low smoke very clean burning and all the benefit of both worlds!

Just my 2 penneth!

Rog

Spec sheet on the Klotz below click the link

http://www.klotzlube.com/tech/KL-100.pdf

The Venom complex competition Fully synthetic oil (silver bottle) was designed for use in the old Solo engines & would not advise you use it in a Zenoah.

Castrol A747 comes highly recomended by many of the top LS racers.

Never had a problem with Complex competition never had a bottle back or had a bad word said about it and sell cases of the stuff.

Castrol TTS.

I was told this info by some one who knows quite a bit about LS engine tuning/building. Just check out all the 'good' LS forums reagarding use of 2 stroke oils.

Rog, you hold onto those head kits, you might need them one day.

I would think that a large percentage of people are running stock engines that were designed for garden implements , chain saws, leaf blowers, strimmers and the likes that the 1/5 manufacturers adopted rather than design an engine better suited for rc cars. so a good oil such as venom gold would be the best choice for longer engine life and acceptable performance


how long did Waynes 26 zen last for without a new ring ? and he aint gentle with the throttle

Any good 2 stroke oil will do the job fine.

Ive used castrol xr77 for ages, never had any problems, engine runs great.

Below is a good thread on 2 stoke oils, a few world/euro champs etc throw in some comments worth reading.

http://www.rctek.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4909&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=venom&start=10