Running straight avgas will not burn pistons, valves or anything else.
The only differences are higher octane, cleaner burning and more $$.
It is possibly a little harder to start in cold conditions but in our
climate
(Australia), this hasn't ever been an issue for me!
Here it is not legal to use it on the road.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: RE: Octain booster and compression ratios
>
> In a message dated 5/18/00 1:02:13 PM, gb@the-bdc.com writes:
>
> << One day I hope to find someone who sells real 104 octane racing
> fuel. I'll run a tank of that and see what happens. >>
>
> Here's what some racers used to do, not sure they still do this: Go to
your
> local general aviation airport with a 5-gallon can and have them fill it
with
> Avgas. There used to be several higher octanes, but if my memory is
correct
> the common avgas is still 100 octane. Word when I used to work at
airports
> was that they just mixed the avgas with regular gas, as running pure would
> burn the pistons. YMMV, and this is all hearsay.
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72B
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
>
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