I Ran Aviation fuel a long time ago. Has a nice blue color to it. Couldn't get
the engine to Idle below 2000 rpm :-}
Pat
63 Spitfire
74 Spitfire
68 Chevy C10
Craig Smith 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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