You do realize that when the guys at DuPont who make this stuff handle it
they where full hazmat suits? In fact the guys who just load the trucks wear
full hazmat
Also just adding lead to fuel does not increase the Octane - The higher the
octane the slower the burn and the cooler the burn so the compression can be
higher - Lead does some of the same things, slows the burn and cools the
temps but it does not raise the octane rating. If your compression and
head/piston design require 110 octane leaded fuel you would need 115
unleaded to equal the burn of the 110
Except today they have other fuel additives to make the burn work so they
can get away with lower octane in some instances with low or no lead fuels.
If you want to raise octane add alcohol to the mix - and yes that has its
own problems and is not legal in all race formats.
Av gas is designed to run at high altitudes and it is getting hard to find
leaded AV gas anyway.
You can build your engine to run unleaded - NASCAR does and they use no
alcohol.
But man messing with lead on your own is a bad thing. You also better be
thinking about setting up your engines to run without lead - lead is not
going to be around to much longer. And yes, except for some air plane
engines you can rebuild your engine to run on unleaded fuel - kick is high
octane unleaded costs as much or more than leaded - lead was a cheap answer
for the oil companies and they were not real concerned about what it did to
you or your engine. There was a reason for Amoco White Gas
Ralph
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From: vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
John.Desantis@Inficon.com
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:39 PM
To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: [Vintage-race] 110 octane race gas
Anyone out there getting sick of $8 plus a gallon race gas - A few
years back a buddy of mine was buying TEL (tetra ethyl lead)
and mixing his own.
Anybody out there try this? There are other octane boosters out
there.
John DeSantis
Mechanical Engineer
Inficon
Phone 315-434-1196
Fax 315-437-3803
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