moth balls in fuel

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   I guess I must be the last guy to hear about this
topic.
Moth balls in fuel.
So got back on the track last year after about 15 years
and noticed a smell after guys ran down the track,
my nose says what's that smell.
So last night at a pull a guy was talking to me 
about pulling about the same time a tractor ran
down the track,I said there's that smell again I bee n smelling.
He says that's moth balls in the fuel.
He told me to put 3 of em in about 10 gallons 
shortly before pulling.
What are your thoughts on this guys,anyone
ever done this.

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Kevin210 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 08 Oct 2018 Location: Indiana Points: 377	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kevin210 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: moth balls in fuel Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 5:27pm
	I guess I must be the last guy to hear about this topic. Moth balls in fuel. So got back on the track last year after about 15 years and noticed a smell after guys ran down the track, my nose says what's that smell. So last night at a pull a guy was talking to me about pulling about the same time a tractor ran down the track,I said there's that smell again I bee n smelling. He says that's moth balls in the fuel. He told me to put 3 of em in about 10 gallons shortly before pulling. What are your thoughts on this guys,anyone ever done this.

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ekjdm14 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bronze Level Joined: 20 Aug 2024 Location: Manchester UK Points: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote ekjdm14 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 6:27am
	Old timer's trick if they had crappy fuel (read- below 60 octane!) There's a pretty good write up on it here https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/mothballs-as-an-octane-enhancer/ Aside from the negative side effects (less on older carbureted machines) I think the main "benefit" nowadays would be the distinct nostalgic smell, like running Castrol R instead of a modern low-ash synthetic in 2t engines. As mentioned in the above link though, modern mothballs can be a different make-up which can lead to Hydrochloric acid in your exhaust. Edited by ekjdm14 - 23 Sep 2024 at 6:31am

injpumpEd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Walnut IL Points: 4916	Post Options Post Reply Quote injpumpEd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 8:17am
	Never heard of this, but that might explain that "odd" smell i notice with certain pullers at every event also! Not sure you can even get the good mothballs anymore! lmao!
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DrAllis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 20523	Post Options Post Reply Quote DrAllis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 8:49am
	Sounds like someone needs to do some dyno testing !!!!

DaveKamp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Location: LeClaire, Ia Points: 5754	Post Options Post Reply Quote DaveKamp Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 1:23pm
	How much spark advance should one use, at say... a 3 mothball-to-10-gallon ratio? If I were to run boost, and water injection, could I dilute and spray the mothballs in with the water? If I ran nitrous, could I just blast 'em in through extra ports on the plate? Would this keep moths from flying in my face when doing those after-dark pulls at the fairgrounds? How about shad flies- will they keep the shad flies away? Usually they pass too close to the stack, and wind up being 'lightning bugs'... I'll hafta admit, my tractor-pulling nostalgia stems from memories of going to the county fair with my grandpa, watching the old guys with their worked up Minnie Mo's, Olivers, and such, usually running on aviation gas or alcohol... Up close, they smelled more like bunsen burners, but the pull track was always just downwind of the livestock pens. If there was any mothballs in the fuel, I certainly didn't recognize it... If I smelled mothballs at a track, I would'a thunk it just bein' old Otis's overalls... Madge had a way of always packin' the pockets of his Imperials full after takin' em off the line. Edited by DaveKamp - 23 Sep 2024 at 1:25pm
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tbran Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paris Tn Points: 3297	Post Options Post Reply Quote tbran Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 8:53am
	I was discussing this with our staff. I ask them if they remember what Moth Balls smell like. They nodded yes. I then ask them how they got their big noses down between those little legs to smell.... :-) :-) :-) Edited by tbran - 24 Sep 2024 at 8:53am
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