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Re: Stink vs. sound

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Subject: Re: Stink vs. sound
From: Bob Burns <bburns37@att.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:23:37 -0500
At 11:33 PM 1/18/03, James Rogerson wrote:
>Eric is talking about pre-mix, not exotic fuel.  It's a two stroke
>remember.  8^)

In Club Racing, rotaries are allowed to run with or without oil mixed into 
the fuel. However, the fuel, as sampled from the car's fuel system 
somewhere between the fuel tank and the engine has to meet the same testing 
standards as cars running "street" fuel (e.g. Showroom Stock cars, Improved 
Touring cars, etc.).

So, if the oil used in your pre-mix contains oxygenating compounds that 
bump up the dielectric constant (proportional to the amount of oxygen) of 
the test sample or that trigger the reagents, the fuel might still be 
non-compliant even if the original fuel was compliant.

I find it interesting that fuel testing has been such a hot issue in Club 
Racing, but Solo II doesn't seem to have addressed it yet. The possibility 
for exposure to potentially carcinogenic fuel oxygenators exists in Solo as 
well as Club Racing.

Bob...

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