I've wondered the same about the 108 octane race fuel
available at my local svc station... If it didn't kill
my engine, I'm afraid it would be addictive! (it's
like 4.50 a gallon)
John Donohoe
'70 GT6+ KC 81718
(wouldn't know what to do with anything over 92
octane!)
--- Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com> wrote:
>
> I was tooling around this weekend in my 71 and I was
> at a parking lot of a
> local adult beverage seller when a fellow came up in
> a custom crotch rocket.
> I think it used to be a Kawasaki, anyway, the
> exhaust smelled a little funny
> so after he shut it off and the ground quite
> shacking I asked him if was
> burning Methanol. He said it was aviation fuel ! 140
> Octane, he buys it at
> the local private airport, this caused me to
> think,,, what would a couple
> gallons of that do in our 8 gallon tanks to the
> heads and valves or our
> spits ?
>
> I would think it would burn very well if it didn't
> burn the tips off the
> plugs or worse burn the valves clean out of the
> head.
>
>
> Craig Smith
> 36 Pelham Ridge Drive
> Greenville, SC 29615
> 800/692-2323 ext. 2105
> 864/234-1020 fax
> e-mail: craigs@iewc.com
>
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