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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?

Posted By: Charlie Haws
Date: Monday, 10 April 2006, at 3:26 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this? (randall)

You can't get red 80/87 anymore, but I think blue 100LL is avaliable. The 80/87 is for low compression engines. 80 octane is the "lean" octane rating while 87 is the "rich" rating. Airplanes can lean the mixture at altitude. Hence the two ratings. Blue 100LL does not contain much TEL. The TEL was an octane boose and a valve guide lube. At low levels like in 100LL I don't you have to much to worry about. The drag racers used to stop by the pumps at my airport and get 145 octane, we called it purple rocket fuel, for their race engines. That stuff was loaded with lead.

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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?
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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?
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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?
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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?
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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?
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Re: Why doesn't Boat U.S. do this?
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