Bob,
I buy my leaded race gas from a motorcycle shop. they have several
different grades of race gas, both leaded and unleaded. I want the
leaded obviously for valve protection.
Marks 3
On Apr 26, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> AFAIK, the only legal restriction is that if you've purchased avgas--
> dunno about the racing fuel--you didn't pay 'road' tax. In fact,
> some aircraft can run autogas and if you use it and keep your
> receipts and are willing to jump through the bureaucratic hoops you
> can get a rebate for the road tax.
>
> I don't know of any laws that prohibit running leaded fuel in cars,
> but it's near impossible to get--I doubt many FBOs will pump into a
> can for non-pilots because of the tax requirement--and it'll destroy
> catalytic converters and good luck passing your smog test.
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> Greg Lemon wrote:
>> Technically I aagree with what Mark said, but just wanted to add
>> that legally using leaded avgas or racing gas on your street car is
>> not kosher. Had a friend who was diong that vary thing in an
>> American muscle car, he got stopped by a State Patrol officer, the
>> guy looked at his tailpipe and asked him if he was running leaded
>> gas, I forget what the telltale is maybe white residue, someone on
>> the list will know.
>> Anyway, the guy (State P.) was a gearhead, didn't write him up,
>> having said this if I had an high compression E-type or Cobra or
>> something that needed racing fuel to run well on the street I'd
>> probably do it too...
>> Greg Lemon _______________________________________________
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>
>
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> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
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