RE: AV Gasoline in the "Old Days"

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I worked at an FBO in the 70's we had a stock car guy who used to 
come out and buy 110/130 octane fuel.  I asked the aircraft mechanics 
about it but they never could give me a satisfactory answer.  But the 
circle tracker was there every weekend in the summer so I guess it 
worked ok for him.

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html

Steve Charette wrote:
> 
> 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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