Wildcat Fuels
Senior Heliman
Location: Lexington, Ky
| Wildcat FuelHi Guys,
I heard about this thread and had to come see it for myself. My name is Jerry Conley I am the President of Wildcat Fuels. I am not hear to stir the pot and will not respond to questions regarding anything that has to do with any of our competitors products as to oil content ect... this is information they should be telling you. I simply want to set the record straight on a few things I have read. (1) Wildcat Fuels has not, does not, and will not, sponsor ANY pilot. Our policy has been and is very clear on this fact. I don't care if George Bush wanted to be sponsored it would not happen. I have seen posts that said if Curtiss Youngblood or the like wanted free fuel that I would roll over, jump up and down with joy and be glad to sponsor them...WRONG. I know Curtis and very much respect him, but our policy would be NO different (period). We do not believe in sponsoring pilots on the simple basis of economics for our customers, if one guy gets his for free another guy had to pay for it, and that simply isn't fair to the rest of you. Our company ethics are not conditional or based on sales figures and will not change based on which way the wind is blowing that particular day. Our policy is simple "NO SPONSORSHIPS" sponsorships merely raise the price of the fuels....its that simple. (2) One post made mention of "certain" (I won't mention which) Teams being required to fly the products that that Team represents.....Sorry guys but that is absolutely true and was spelled out to me in no uncertain terms by the head of Team XYZ that their pilots would fly what they told them or they could fly for someone else. This situation occured when a few of the (top guys) wanted to switch to Wildcat (with NO sponsorship) at IRCHA from the fuel they were currently flying, based on the performance of our fuels, and were told "absolutely not or they could look elsewhere for another Team". This situation is not limited to fuels only, it is with many other products as well such as blades ect... (3) Break-In required when switching fuel brands. Yes, "some" engines may require a small amount of retemping to the new temperature, that is perfectly normal and is dependent on the length of time the other product was run. I have seen people get great performance on the first tank full (OSMAX2) to (GM1) which took 2 gallons to retemp but then had great results (his posts are on this thread). Remember gentlemen different fuels may require different needle settings, take your time. Wildcat runs on average 20 degrees cooler than other fuels and therefore a different glow plug may be required because of the lower temps., the K&B plugs Curtiss runs works very well. (3) Thank all of you for the great discussion and if I can be of any help let me know. |
