O/T Compression ratio and supercharging, also efi pumps

[David A. Cooley]

At 09:55 AM 5/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>FYI - I ran AVgas(Aviation fuel) right from outa the airplane fueler
>tanker (They DIDN'T USE THE GROUND STRAP FROM THE TANKER TO THE CAR, but
>DID on all the planes, that coulda hurt!) into my 73 Camaro with a 383
>stroker, closed chambered small valve heads(1.94), Edelbrock tunnelram
>w/ dual 600 vac holleys, 4-speed, and 3.73 limited slip 10-bolt rear...
>was at about 10.5:1 compression... first 5 gallons in the new motor were
>AVGAS, as were the next few tanks.... kinda expensive... started mixin
>super and avgas, then went to straight superunleaded(93 octane)...
>
>Everyone told me it was only 100 octane, the exhaust smelled like race
>gas to me....

They don't rate AV gas octane the same as regular gas... 100LL av gas is
about 105-110 octane in automotive terms... It also has MORE lead (even
though it says low lead) than any automotive leaded fuel (Almost twice the
amount)
Check out the Gasoline FAQ on the net... Pretty good info there.
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