Av gas

[David A. Cooley]

At 12:24 AM 1/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I use nothing but AVGAS 100LL fuel in my '85 Corvette and on occasion in my
>supercharged truck for towing in the summer.   Think of it as Turbo Blue,
>but much cheaper! ($1.56 a gallon)
>
>When running it in your computer controller car, make sure you use a lead
>tolerant O2 sensor.  Otherwise a brand new non-lead tolerant 02 sesonr will
>die in just under 1 tank of gas.  (I went thru a few of them before my lead
>tollerant o2 sensor arrived)    I run AVGAS in the Vette because of my high
>12.4 compression.   Mix that with 110+ degree days, and NO pump gas will work.

I had always heard that, but ran the 100LL in my 85 Buick GN for 4 years on
a stock AC O2 sensor with no failures.
I was paying 1.83/gal in Bryan, TX.

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