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Aviation fuel for the CJ?
By Orin - 11/13/2001 3:43:45 PM; IP 209.122.55.15
I don't know about CJs but it work REAL well in my 2-litre, 4 cylinder 1970 Volvo back in 1982 -- but I found out the hard way.
One day in 1982 a mechanic was taxiing my Cessna to the work shop in a 45-plus knot wind. He turned the nose into the wind and the wind picked up the plane and laid it on its back, crushing the vertical stabilizer and the wing tips. Before we could dismantle it to truck it off to the fix-it guys, we had to drain about 40 gallons of 100LL (at $2.25/gallon!) avgas from the wing tanks. I put 15 gallons in the Volvo and sold the rest for half price to one of the line boys.
The Volvo was designed for 100-plus octane in 1970 but by the early 80s the best you could get on the street was 91-92 octane. It never pinged on the 91/92-octane but there was a noticable drop in performance. After adding the avgas that Volvo performed real well for about a week until I had to fill it up on some 91 octane Shell and then it slowed down a lot. Oh, well it was fun while it lasted.
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 RE: Aviation fuel for the CJ? -- darren, 11/17/2001
 RE: Aviation fuel for the CJ? -- P, 11/13/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9277&Reply=9249><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9277" onclick="return false;">RE: Aviation fuel for the CJ?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Phil, <i>11/12/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9277', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9277') }); </script>  RE: Aviation fuel for the CJ? -- Phil, 11/12/2001
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 colors of AV gas -- Wayne, 11/17/2001
 RE: Homemade fuel for the CJ? -- Ranch, 11/13/2001
Aviation fuel for the CJ? -- Orin, 11/13/2001
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