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[flash]

ok - finally found the list of locations to get 100 octane unleaded

 RockettBrandNorthern_CA.pdf   153.76KB   74 downloads

 RockettBrandCentral_CA.pdf   123.75KB   16 downloads

 RockettBrand__S_Cal.pdf   165.46KB   65 downloads

[Josho]

sweet!!! there's one less than a mile from my office. Thanks for the info.

[speedy_cab]

This information is old. I tried calling the number listed on the pdf, and they have a different name now. 76 no longer carries their brand. I did find a lead from him from a 76 station that does carry 100 octane fuel in San Jose on Almaden expressway.

sweet!!! there's one less than a mile from my office. Thanks for the info.

[napa968]

Pump or 5 gallon can? I found one from the list this summer in Fairfield [I think without looking] that carried cans only.

[RPM]

This information is old.

No sh*t Speedy. That post is over two years past...

[flash]

http://www.sunocoinc...umer/RaceFuels/

and here:

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[williamoss]

I seem to rember back in the early 1980's that Piper Cub airplanes flew with 100 octane. If this is true you might be able to drive to any small airport and fill your tank up that way.

William Moss
Tigard OR

[mrmister]

I fly single engine airplanes and fill up the plane with 100 octane low lead. Lots of these small airports have self service pumps, but don't think you can drive on to most of them. Probably not fully legal anyways since you aren't paying road taxes. You can check prices at http://www.100ll.com The bigger airports are about $6 per gallon, the smaller airports are under $4.

$3.85 in Hillsboro. Open 24 hours. http://www.100ll.com...52a52803bd14787

[Lonestar968]

Ditto w/ mrmister... check around your area. Lots of FOB's will still allow "pilots" to fill up 5 gallon cans with AvGas "to-go". Do the octane math before you add it into regular pump gas though. Been doing this for many years. Just be careful with it.

Go hang out with the single-engine crowd at your local airfield and consider taking a lesson or two. Flying is not only fun, but it opens other "interesting" doors also.

Edited by Lonestar968, 17 March 2010 - 06:09 PM.

[flash]

be VERY careful about this - any content of lead will foul the catalytic converter

[stewhatch]

Just tell them you have a float plane parked on the lake & need to re-fuel. That ought to be good for at least 20 gallons.

[flash]

the last time somebody checked the price of a new OEM cat, it was somewhere around $1800 - aftermarket cats won't pass emissions tests either (ask me how i know)

the power increase from an octane boost from 91 to 93 is not a lot of power (4.8hp peak) - i don't think it's worth ruining things

[Lear35A]

Saying that using leaded gas will "foul" a catalytic converter is kind of an understatement. Lead kills the catalyst. Dead. You will not be able to pass any emission tests. Lead also leaves deposits on your spark plugs and will likely shorten the life of your O2 sensor. If you use Mobil1, note that synthetic oil will not hold lead in suspension as dino oil can. Unless you have upped the compression of your engine, 100LL av gas will not increase power or do any good thing to your engine.
I'm a chemical engineer by degree and worked in gasoline refining and specifically with catalysts. I'm also a pilot and use plenty of 100LL in my plane. I would never even consider it for my 968.
Lance