There is another way to get the hi-end fuels....It's called aviation
gas. In the past, when I was building drag bike engines, we used to go
out to our local air field where all of the private planes are, and
would take along a 55 gallon drum. All we needed was the registration
of a plane, preferably a float plane, and would simply buy the gas for
the plane! At that time it came in three grades 100, 110, 120 octane
ratings. After many runs of testing, we found for the drag bikes, that
120 with 5% Alcohol (to cool it down a bit) worked the best. It was
very similar to the "Denco" gas that was available at that time to
racers, but at less than half the price.
I have considered doing this again, for my dad's 64 Jag XKE, the 280hp
twin cam big six does NOT like cheap gas, and was never designed for
this crap...
Rich
(Legal NOTE): AV-Gas does not have Federal highway taxes added to it,
so it is not legal for highway use, and there are strict local
restriction on the handling and storage of fuels.
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>From: VILIO@aol.com[SMTP:VILIO@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 1996 1:21 PM
>To: alpines@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Fuel
>
>In a message dated 96-12-16 14:08:17 EST, you write:
>
><< From: Doerrer@aol.com
> Sender: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
>Doerrer said
>
>
> <<Highest octane fuel I've seen is 100 octane sold for about US$4.00 per
>gallon
> at the Unocal station on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena (Take the Pasadena Fwy -
> the first Fwy in America?- north until it ends, the station is at the first
> stoplight on the right.)
>
> Never tried it - too scared of upsetting any equilibria (equilibrium in an
> Alpine?)
> >>
>
>While driving home a Series V from LA to Detroit back in 1985, yes, I've got
>lot of faith in the cars and my abilities, I found some of that smoking high
>test from Unocal. I believe i was in Riverside at the time. Anyway, I
>twisted away on that little advance screw and went screwing across the Mohave
>at about 85 + mph and made it to Phoenix in about five hours. The only fuel
>I ever found that made the car run better was 105 Research octane that was
>purchased direct from Marathon in Detroit for use in PRO Rally events, not in
>the Alpine though, though many miles were spent tooling around the high
>country in New Mexico and Colorado.
>
>I'm curious with the high octane figures given for Europe and Australia if
>they arrive at the numbers as they do in the USA which is Research octane +
>Manufacturers octane/2.
>
>Rich Childs
>Sad former owner of many Series V's
>
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