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FirePower Fuel question for Rich
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Posted by: Kav
I was looking in the Technical Posts forums and in a thread about switching to C-12 Rich had mentioned something about a Dr. D. Redszus that had worked for Phillips and was moving on to making his own race fuels. The company was going to be called FirePower. I was wondering if anything every came from it? I dug around the web, but couldn't find anything on it.
Posted by: Rich Rohrich
Kav - Dave Redszus has been distributing FirePower fuels for a while now. They developed a very intuitive naming system for the different products which allows the racer to know the exact characteristics of the fuels just by the names. I'll do a full write up when I have a bit more time, but the short explanation is, the fuels are named based on a numbering system that tells you :
- Throttle response (lower numbers = better response)
- Octane rating (higher numbers = higher octane)
- Piston crown cooling (higher numbers provide greater crown cooling via a hook in the end of the distillation curve)
So a fuel like FirePower 324 has :
3 = very sharp throttle response
2 = moderate octane rating
4 = minimal piston crown cooling
This makes it an excellent fuel for a high speed four-stroke like a YZF or CRF but not the best for a high strung two-stroke.
I'll follow up with much more detailed info when I get a chance.
Posted by: Kav
Thank you Rich! 
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