I have been guilty of putting avgas in my fuel in the past . But I saw in the
aviation trades that someone in the northeast was using it in its ground engines
and was fined a lot of money .
Philip Schulert\
ATWEDITOR@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/18/00 1:02:13 PM, gb@the-bdc.com writes:
>
> << One day I hope to find someone who sells real 104 octane racing
> fuel. I'll run a tank of that and see what happens. >>
>
> Here's what some racers used to do, not sure they still do this: Go to your
> local general aviation airport with a 5-gallon can and have them fill it with
> Avgas. There used to be several higher octanes, but if my memory is correct
> the common avgas is still 100 octane. Word when I used to work at airports
> was that they just mixed the avgas with regular gas, as running pure would
> burn the pistons. YMMV, and this is all hearsay.
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72B
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
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