O/T Compression ratio and supercharging, also efi pumps

Todd....!! atc347 at c-com.net
Fri May 28 20:32:25 GMT 1999


Hi David,

Thanks for the info...

However, as far as the lead content, buds said that the AVGas was kinda
'dry' and that I shouldn't run the AVGas too long so as to not burn the
valves up...

But if you read your source on the net, then it must be true, ey?  lol

LATER!

Todd....!!
http://www.c-com.net/~atc347/toddlnk.htm


David A. Cooley wrote:
> 
> 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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