AV fuel and big blocks.

[Dkahnjob]

I ran straight AV gas for years, never added anything to it and never had any problems, plus is has a 2-3 year shelf life.

 

[CammdSS]

FWIW I fill 5 gal 91 then fill all the way with AV

 

[monkeyswrench]

I ran straight AV gas for years, never added anything to it and never had any problems, plus is has a 2-3 year shelf life.

That's pretty damn sexy! There are certain cars you see in pics, and you can hear the cam, and smell the exhaust

 

[PlanB]

Dude, you're in San Diego....Go to Dion and Son's in Lakeside. I get F&L 110 for $8/gallon out of the pump. It's good stuff! Tons of drag racing buddy's use it without issue. I have used it in all my boats and my son's motocross bikes.

If it's sold at a pump in California without having to fill out paperwork, it most likely has Ethanol.

 

[Tank]

I’m hoping I can get on the airports around her to put straight AV gas in.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I’m hoping I can get on the airports around her to put straight AV gas in.

Cable Field in Upland is where I used to fill...your rig may draw a bit more attention though

 

[Tank]

Cable Field in Upland is where I used to fill...your rig may draw a bit more attention though

I’ve been told I can probably get on to Oxnard airport or Santa Paula. I don’t think Camarillo will allow it anymore.

 

[PlanB]

I tried to get our DCB into our local airport (SoCal) 20 years ago and they would not let me. They would not even let me fill up cans.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I tried to get our DCB into our local airport (SoCal) 20 years ago and they would not let me. They would not even let me fill up cans.

20 years ago Bracket would let me fill cans. 12 years ago Cable let me pull right up to the pumps...it was beautiful!

They were simpler times, better times. I think I only paid 4.00$ a gallon.

 

[PlanB]

20 years ago Bracket would let me fill cans. 12 years ago Cable let me pull right up to the pumps...it was beautiful!

They were simpler times, better times. I think I only paid 4.00$ a gallon.

I tried to explain to them that there was nothing illegal with filling a boat with AV but they would not listen.

 

[River Dirt 2]

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[02HoWaRd26]

Call and ask for Bob at Teague or just call AJ at Barrett and get his advice. But i doubt AV will come out of either of their mouths for the 800. Non ethanol 91/92 is great but even still during the season the tuner from ProCharger suggests i use 91 with ethanol, says why pass up free hp with the corn but not to store with 91e

 

[ChrisV]

Call and ask for Bob at Teague or just call AJ at Barrett and get his advice. But i doubt AV will come out of either of their mouths for the 800. Non ethanol 91/92 is great but even still during the season the tuner from ProCharger suggests i use 91 with ethanol, says why pass up free hp with the corn but not to store with 91e

it’s nothing about the octane I worry about. It’s the consistency. I see on Facebook people complaining about water in their fuel after filling up. All I’m trying to avoid.

Master

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

it’s nothing about the octane I worry about. It’s the consistency. I see on Facebook people complaining about water in their fuel after filling up. All I’m trying to avoid.

Master

Well then for consistency buy it from pumps and places that sell 91 non ethanol, and sell a lot of it. Parker Oil is one in Parker, plenty of other places in LHC.

You have a water/fuel separator on the fuel line? Change the filter recently?

 

[Sharp Shooter]

12 years ago Cable let me pull right up to the pumps...it was beautiful!

You still can! I fill a truck load full of cans twice a year and occasionally pull the car up. Looks like River Dirt 2 does the same.
I put it all on White Works's tab.

 

[monkeyswrench]

You still can! I fill a truck load full of cans twice a year and occasionally pull the car up. Looks like River Dirt 2 does the same.
I put it all on White Works's tab.

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Last time I did it was towing a jet bote and had a bunch of dump cans

 

[rrrr]

I ran straight AV gas for years, never added anything to it and never had any problems, plus is has a 2-3 year shelf life.

Hemi Dart...badass.

 

[Bigbore500r]

Anybody have a "friendly" AV gas supplier in LA / Ventura county areas?

 

[Racey]

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SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you are gonna spoil it for everyone

 

[El Kabong]

Dude, you're in San Diego....Go to Dion and Son's in Lakeside. I get F&L 110 for $8/gallon out of the pump. It's good stuff! Tons of drag racing buddy's use it without issue. I have used it in all my boats and my son's motocross bikes.

I checked at Dion $ Son's this morning. F&L 110 is currently $9.99 a gallon at the pump and she said it was around $10.50 per gallon in the 5 gallon pail.
I plan on mixing it with non ethanol 89 from the Circle K in Yuma.

 

[ChrisV]

Woke up feeling American as fuck today. V8, boost and race fuel.

 

[JFMFG]

Woke up feeling American as fuck today. V8, boost and race fuel. View attachment 1394472

Fuck ya bro. Can’t wait to hear how the family likes it.

 

[white tortilla]

I’ve been told I can probably get on to Oxnard airport or Santa Paula. I don’t think Camarillo will allow it anymore.

I used to get it at Santa Paula no problems. 3-4 years ago. Not sure lately I have been getting at Parker Airport.

 

[Tank]

Woke up feeling American as fuck today. V8, boost and race fuel. View attachment 1394472

Yeah, that’s bad ass. Nothing better than the sound of a loud blown motor coupled with the unmistakable scent of AV gas!

Great looking boat by the way!!

 

[Tank]

I used to get it at Santa Paula no problems. 3-4 years ago. Not sure lately I have been getting at Parker Airport.

Yeah, I heard SP is probably my best bet. And I heard it’s like $6.75 a gallon right now.

 

[Dkahnjob]

Yeah, I heard SP is probably my best bet. And I heard it’s like $6.75 a gallon right now.

The current price of 100 LL AV Gas at Santa Paula (SZP) is $5.15 a gallon.

 

[Good Stuff]

it’s nothing about the octane I worry about. It’s the consistency. I see on Facebook people complaining about water in their fuel after filling up. All I’m trying to avoid.

Master

I really wonder if it’s actually bad fuel most of the time on those posts. There is always a line at Campbell’s Cove and they must go through thousands of gallons a week but people still say they got bad gas there. Out of the hundreds of people there on any weekend how did only 1 guy get bad gas? I feel like there would be 20+ boats affected by a bad batch.

 

[ChrisV]

Thanks

Yeah, that’s bad ass. Nothing better than the sound of a loud blown motor coupled with the unmistakable scent of AV gas!

Great looking boat by the way!!

Thanks man! Hopefully wifey likes it later

 

[ChrisV]

I really wonder if it’s actually bad fuel most of the time on those posts. There is always a line at Campbell’s Cove and they must go through thousands of gallons a week but people still say they got bad gas there. Out of the hundreds of people there on any weekend how did only 1 guy get bad gas? I feel like there would be 20+ boats affected by a bad batch.

I never fuelmat havasu so not sure about over there. We stay at Parker and had problems before. Rather not chance it.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

I never fuelmat havasu so not sure about over there. We stay at Parker and had problems before. Rather not chance it.

Well Parker oil is another high volume retailer of the 91NE and 100, and they are receiving specialty fuels so quality should be higher not lower.

 

[wzuber]

Shouldn't any boat with a hi $$, hi power engine run a fuel/water separator on it to help prevent issues from fueling on the water etc.?

 

[Racey]

Shouldn't any boat with a hi $$, hi power engine run a fuel/water separator on it to help prevent issues from fueling on the water etc.?

The water separator can only separate a few onces, after that it's all getting through.

 

[wzuber]

The water separator can only separate a few onces, after that it's all getting through.

Solid point....a case where bigger (filter) is better. An ounce of prevention though much better..

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

I checked at Dion $ Son's this morning. F&L 110 is currently $9.99 a gallon at the pump and she said it was around $10.50 per gallon in the 5 gallon pail.
I plan on mixing it with non ethanol 89 from the Circle K in Yuma.

Oh, I must get a deal. I can give you my account to save you so $$$

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

If it's sold at a pump in California without having to fill out paperwork, it most likely has Ethanol.

I have to fill out paperwork every year for my account. It is what it is when living in Kommifornia.

 

[500bbc]

Well Parker oil is another high volume retailer of the 91NE and 100, and they are receiving specialty fuels so quality should be higher not lower.

If they got all the sediment out of the tanks

 

[hallett21]

Yeah, I heard SP is probably my best bet. And I heard it’s like $6.75 a gallon right now.

There’s 100 octane off of Chesebro at that independent station across from the north side Chevron. I think the 76 only sells in 5 gallon jugs now.

$9-10 a gallon though lol

 

[Tank]

Aj ran our boat on the hose yesterday. I was out strapping the boat down just now for the haul home and I could smell that sweet race fuel odor as I’m at the transom. Stuck my face up the exhaustion and took a big whif. Fuckin love that shit!!

 

[El Kabong]

Oh, I must get a deal. I can give you my account to save you so $$$

That is a huge deal. Looks like the cash price is the sucker price.
She said I could get a fleet card application. I'm defiantly getting one now.
Thanks for the offer of your account #. Wouldn't my purchases be Billed to your account?

 

[PlanB]

I have to fill out paperwork every year for my account. It is what it is when living in Kommifornia.

Is it specifically for the race gas? I was getting both F&L and Sunoco race fuel at OCHS oil in Vista from the pump and the owner informed me that it contained ethanol. When I have bought non-ethanol race fuel in California, I have had to fill out paperwork for the state every time I bought fuel. You have to state on the paperwork what vehicle the fuel is being used in and what event it is being used at. It's a PITA.

 

[Bigbore500r]

I’m hoping I can get on the airports around her to put straight AV gas in.

I was at Camarillo airport yesteday, saw a bad ass '55 gasser driving past hangers inside the airport.
Im guessing he's able to get that sweet nectar !
I'm gonna do some reconassiance

 

[Bigbore500r]

You still can! I fill a truck load full of cans twice a year and occasionally pull the car up. Looks like River Dirt 2 does the same.
I put it all on White Works's tab.

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Sounds like i just need to plan a trip to Cable airport every once in a while, and set up an at-home fuel station for the spicy toys

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Sounds like i just need to plan a trip to Cable airport every once in a while, and set up an at-home fuel station for the spicy

You can pull right up to the pump if you go during a Wings and Wheels event. Otherwise, you either have to get someone to let you in or you have to call the mobile truck which costs more and takes longer.

 

[Emac]

I’m hoping I can get on the airports around her to put straight AV gas in.

Check out Santa Paula airport Tank. I used to buy it there all the time with no issues right out of the pump. Been a few years but was always pretty painless.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Is it specifically for the race gas? I was getting both F&L and Sunoco race fuel at OCHS oil in Vista from the pump and the owner informed me that it contained ethanol. When I have bought non-ethanol race fuel in California, I have had to fill out paperwork for the state every time I bought fuel. You have to state on the paperwork what vehicle the fuel is being used in and what event it is being used at. It's a PITA.

Let me check on that. I did have to fill out paperwork for my account.

 

[rrrr]

Aj ran our boat on the hose yesterday. I was out strapping the boat down just now for the haul home and I could smell that sweet race fuel odor as I’m at the transom. Stuck my face up the exhaustion and took a big whif. Fuckin love that shit!!

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It's been almost 20 years ago that we took a friend's mom for a ride in our '67 Howard. I ran 105 race fuel in the 427 FE engine, it still had all the stock internals, standard bore, and 11.5:1 CR.

Her mom looked to be around 60. She climbed in back, and someone pushed us off the dock. I fired the engine and idled away, and mom smacked me on the back and excitedly said "You're running leaded race gas, aren't you?" That was surprising.



It turned out mom had a racing background and had also been a Harley owner earlier in life. It was pretty funny.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

It's been almost 20 years ago that we took a friend's mom for a ride in our '67 Howard. I ran 105 race fuel in the 427 FE engine, it still had all the stock internals, standard bore, and 11.5:1 CR.

Her mom looked to be around 60. She climbed in back, and someone pushed us off the dock. I fired the engine and idled away, and mom smacked me on the back and excitedly said "You're running leaded race gas, aren't you?" That was surprising.



It turned out mom had a racing background and had also been a Harley owner earlier in life. It was pretty funny.

My father is 84. He still calls Chevron gas stations Standard stations and 91 gas “high test”. Just an environment they grew up with I guess.

I can’t think of anything I’ve grown up with that I do that with though.

 

[rrrr]

My father is 84. He still calls Chevron gas stations Standard stations and 91 gas “high test”. Just an environment they grew up with I guess.

I can’t think of anything I’ve grown up with that I do that with though.

I can't recall the exact number, but I'm pretty sure in the 70s, Chevron premium was over 100 R+M octane. So was Sunoco premium.

 

[77charger]

I really wonder if it’s actually bad fuel most of the time on those posts. There is always a line at Campbell’s Cove and they must go through thousands of gallons a week but people still say they got bad gas there. Out of the hundreds of people there on any weekend how did only 1 guy get bad gas? I feel like there would be 20+ boats affected by a bad batch.

IMO its already in the boats tanks and they just discovered it thinking it was the gas station fault.

 

[Tank]

GO TIME!!!


this shit was maybe the easiest I’ve ever filled. Called the number, dude opened the gate, drove onto the airport parked he pulled up on truck did all work. $6.50 a gallon for 100LL. Tipped the dude $20 and told him I’d be back.