<VV> 100 Octane Fuel

[Joe Robbins]

Nothing wrong with a good old fashioned bite me!!! My Suburban loves E-85
but I'm not going to debate it's a rotten fuel, works for me here in corn
land.
I have not ran E 85 in my Vair, I put the highest octane gas in it that I
can find, mostly only 93 around here.
Joe 
BBRT

-----Original Message-----
From: henry kaczmarek [mailto:kaczmarek at charter.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:57 PM
To: Joe Robbins; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> 100 Octane Fuel

Joe
Low Lead Av gas is a bit more, close to 5.00--but it's got LEAD in it. Lead 
cures many ills of the Corvair engine. nice coatings on things like valves. 
Nice grey coating in the tail pipe, and many groans and ticks and odd engine

noises seem to disappear after you've run a whole tankful through.  or even 
mix it 50/50 with 93 pump gas, you still have a nice (yet illegal) fuel to 
run.

NO WAY was all the tetraethyl lead that was in pump gas in the 50's and 60's

necessary.

I helped clean out the gas tank of a 48 Packard that had sat with a full gas

tank for 30 odd years in the 90's.

  The tank had about a 4inch think grey soup in the bottom of it.  Had to 
cut a hole in it to get it all out. wore gloves but I got some on me as did 
everyone who worked on the thing.  I have the dr still checking my blood for

lead.

Take a 5 Gal. can to a private or small public airport and tell them it's 
for your dirt track car, they'll sell it to ya.  They don't break the law 
selling it, but if you put in your street car, you do break the law in most 
states.

It's nice to see how the car runs with gas that is closer to the pump gas of

the 60's than anything else available.  It does make a difference.

Oh, and BITE ME! if anyone's ecological sensibilties have been chafed by the

mere mention of this contribution.

Hank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Robbins" <robbins at monticello.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 100 Octane Fuel


> E-85 is 100 Octane $3.09
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J R Read_HML
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:29 PM
> To: Dave Thompson; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> 100 Octane Fuel
>
> It will like 100 octane and will run sweeter.  But, to get the full
> advantage you should advance the timing to just before the point of ping 
> on
> acceleration (boost in your case).  I've had an occasion or 2 to run the 
> LL
> avgas.  It like that, too.
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Thompson" <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:09 PM
> Subject: <VV> 100 Octane Fuel
>
>
>>I just found a gas station in Ontario, California that has a separate gas
>> pump that dispenses 100 octane fuel for about 20 cents more than their 91
>> octane premium. It is about 40 miles from my home. That got me thinking.
>>
>>
>> What do you guys think?
>>
>> Dave Thompson
>>
>> 63 Spyder Vert
>>
>>
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