RE: AV Gasoline in the "Old Days"

[Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I never really thought about it, but we ran AV gas for a while and I
always had trouble with Holleys and leaky gaskets.  That's one of the
biggest reasons we switched to Carters.  I always just blamed it on the
carbs.

At the old Direct Connection racing seminars they always cautioned about
using AV gas because it had different vapor properties and the carbs had to
be re-tuned specifically for the AV gas.  If you went a few rounds and
dumped racing fuel in the car the carbs would need to be re-tuned. 

SC

-----Original Message-----
From: kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:19 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Gary Futrell
Subject: Re: AV Gasoline in the "Old Days"


Are there any problems running AV gas? I asked a guy at a local car show
about it (because his blown car smelled like he was runing it) and he said
not to run it because it 'dries' out the carb gaskets and seals.
Regards,
Ken 

---- Gary Futrell <gary.futrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> ${top_text_ad}
> I haven't bought AV gas since 9/11 but I bet it is a lot harder to 
> come by. I would just drive up to the large above ground tank at our 
> local small airport, slide my card in, and fill up. No problems. I 
> used to fire up my Dart just to smell that sweet AV gas. Mmmmmmmmmm !
> 
>     Gary F


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