[Healeys] Bj8 octane

[i erbs]

You are correct,
Trying to go from memory, bad place to look.

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> (Dormant) private/commercial pilot here.  110 octane hasn't been available
> since before I started flying almost 30 years ago (too much TEL).  Best you
> can get is 100LL ('LL' stands for low lead, which is a misnomer because I
> believe it's only maybe 30% less TEL than 110).   It's blue in color:
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas
>
>
> It'll be phased out over the next decade or so.  Even rarer is 80-octane
> avgas, which older, lower-compression engines prefer--still has TEL,
> though--but many of them can run premium auto gas.   100/130 is available,
> supposedly, in a few places but I've never seen it offered.
>
>
> I haven't checked the compression on my BJ8's rebuilt engine, but it
> should be a bit higher than nominal, and so far it seems to run fine on
> 'premium' (91-octane here in CA).
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> --------------------------------
> Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
>
> On April 30, 2017 at 10:37 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I buy aviation fuel at 110 obtain and mix 4 gallons in and then fill with
> premium unleaded.
>
> Ira Erbs
> 1959 100-6
> MKI engine and disc brakes
> excuse typos and strange words my phone wants you to see.
> Portland,OR
>
> On Apr 30, 2017 10:21 AM, "HealeyRick" <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> The Road and Track test for the BJ8 only states "premium" fuel is
> required.  Premium in 1967 would have been about 99 octane.
>
> Happy Healeying,
>
> Rick Neville
>
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 11:33 AM, goldengt <goldengt at cal.net> wrote:
>
> What octane rating was the bj8 likely designed for? 95?
> Ken Freese
> 65 BJ8
>
>
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