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Found a Tetraethyl lead octane booster
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[QUOTE="nephron, post: 630641, member: 23759"] I doubt it. AV-GAS has special flight requirements, primarily de-icing agents (huge, aromatic compounds), conductivity additives, corrosion inhibitors, etc. This results in a larger carbon number distribution than race fuel (which use small, volatile compounds for obvious reasons), which results in a very, VERY important property of airplane fuel: low volatility. WRONG FUEL. Race fuels use not only TEL for antiknock inhibitors, but use very high energy small compounds (3-5 carbons) with at least one double bond (eg, Isoprene) to raise octane even further, WITHOUT screwing up the distillation curve for the application. The distillation curve is much more suitable to racing and high rpm requirements than AV gas. If you look at the carbon number distribution vs. fuel distillation points, you'll find that as the carbon number increases, the endpoint temp increases. Typical AV gas and gasoline from a pump have endpoints around 400 degrees, which is why you spooge on the trails, and also why I don't use that crap anymore. ;) [/QUOTE]
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