Whoooaaaaahhhh....Rocket Fuel!!
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machasm
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MangoMan said:
As a matter of interest, all aircraft jet engines only use 'leaded' fuel, outerwise they would disintergrate very quickly. (typical Govt hypocracy)!!
Don't aircraft engines run on Kerosene?
http://www.csgnetwork.com/jetfuel.html
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machasm said:
Jet engines do, I suspect he means piston powered aircraft engines still use leaded.
This is probably tru as most of the engines are as old as the hills, in design if not actual age.
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Just a note to anyone buying this stuff, don't do so at the same time as buying your groceries as you risk incurring the wrath of several on this forum! 
http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23800
http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23800
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Rose Chap said:Just a note to anyone buying this stuff, don't do so at the same time as buying your groceries as you risk incurring the wrath of several on this forum!
http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23800
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Luckily, the tesco sort-of-near my house has a HUGE parking lot (and is open 24/7) and a petrol station as you leave with a TINY shop... so there rarely are people shopping at the station fnkhan68
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i have to say i filled up the tank with 60 litres of this stuff and some redex yesterday. i must say instant improved in acceleration and smoother gear changes in comparison to the bp super unleaded i have always been using. will monitor the mileage i get to a full tank but definately the thumbs up from me. highly recommended fuel.
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I also have used Tesco's 99 Ron Super Unleaded on the two best mpg drives I've ever done. I reckon if you are going to sit in traffic all day then dont bother but if you drive at decent (or indecent!) speeds then its worth the extra.....oh and you need to have a tank of the stuff and not mixed with lesser fuels!
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Just filled up with 99 at Brooklands Tesco's for the first time, will see if it makes any difference.
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All I know is that the bog standard supermarket stuff clogs up my car but Shell Optimax gives me improved mpg and performance.
I wonder where Tesco gets their 99RON from. do they buy it from Shell?
I wonder where Tesco gets their 99RON from. do they buy it from Shell?
Of course with Optimax etc. you're paying for the additives too, not just the slightly higher octane. I've recently switched to Optimax for my R129 as I do very low mileage (so the cost isn't a big deal), and I suspect it's better ... long term ... for the engine. I rarely need to use full throttle so I can't say I've noticed any difference in power.
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99RON? Bah!
You need some of this which, at 106 Octane, will certainly help things along
http://www.imschurchside.com/coolBlue.php
You need some of this which, at 106 Octane, will certainly help things along
http://www.imschurchside.com/coolBlue.php
Satch said:
Hmm ... £88.50 for a third of a tank (25 litres), perhaps not!
Never mind, perhaps Pipelinecard will sell it half price
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Aviation Fuel.....
With reference to your link, please see Aviation Fuel Additives, section 1):
It reads; 1. Anti-knock additives reduce the tendency of gasoline to detonate. Tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) is the only approved anti-knock additive for aviation use and has been used in motor and aviation gasolines since the early 1930s.
Cheers, Bill.
machasm said:
With reference to your link, please see Aviation Fuel Additives, section 1):
It reads; 1. Anti-knock additives reduce the tendency of gasoline to detonate. Tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) is the only approved anti-knock additive for aviation use and has been used in motor and aviation gasolines since the early 1930s.
Cheers, Bill.
machasm said:
Turbines run on a kerosine type fuel. Piston engines don't.
BTB 500 said:
Sorry to say utter twaddle.
Petrol engines may not like it. But JP8/AVGAS/Kerosene (all the same thing) will run a conventional diesel engine. You will see a slightly improved performance in terms of power output - but you will also burn the rings out on the engine as well as many other parts due to the lack of lubricants. This canof course be solved by putting a can of normal mineral engine oil in with each tank. Not a precise science but it will improve the engine life.
Flasheart said:
Excuse me? Read what I was replying to. AIRCRAFT piston engines don't run on kerosine type fuels.
To coin a phrase, that is utter twaddle. Avgas is gasoline (typically 100 octane) - nothing like kerosine type jet fuels.
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I think that the modern models with their intelligent engine management systems will benefit from higher octane fuels since they will automaticaly advance their ignition curves to suit the better fuel. The improvement experienced will depend on how poor the older 95 octane fuel was. Dont think this adaptabilty to different fuels applies to older engine management systems in the same fashion. If you want power from fuel introduce some oxygen into the molecules. Dragsters in the States used to use an alcohol/gasoline mix and of course everyones heard of Nitrous oxide!!!! http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question259.htm
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Nitromethane ("nitro") is/was also commonly used in dragsters. Very nasty stuff ...
