AV gas for the generator
A Facebook friend just posted a spot hes getting AV gas at. Runs it in his generator. Any of you old school guys have advice on slight tuning changes? Lean out the altitude screw maybe? Different plug...
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Thanks Gdetrailer :)
I was tying to limit the history to recent era of the fifties sixties and seventies. In 1974 when unleaded first appreared out here the main concern was to stop folks from coating the platinum catalyst in their converter with lead.
Those were the days when 91 Octane and 100 octane decals disappeared from the side of pumps and M+R/2 replaced them. And absurd emissions controls ruled beneath the hood. The distributor vacuum advance line was cut, rubber caps slipped over the ends, then engine timing was set to TDC 0 degrees initial advance. And a decal was plastered on the air cleaner.
Around the same era, whale oil was banned for an additive for automatic transmission fluid. The industry predicted armageddon.
I bought an expensive dnow blower from Western Auto. It's power was abyssmal at 7,400 feet altitude. I removed the valve in block cylinder head, took it to a machine shop and they milled it .070". After which I discovered the engine preferred "ETHYL" gasoline. I'd bet torque was increased by at least 10%. I also dropped engine oil to 10W that also made a noticeable difference.
We used to blow down a vessel in the Alkylation Plant. The effluent went into the Sacramento river. About two gallons. I slipped my stanley 2 quart thermos under the spigot and took home a bit of alkylate. The thermos of course was dedicated. A 10% mix into gasoline perked things right up.
The purple gasoline was blended on the wharf side of the road and was watched like a hawk. The family jewels.
I was tying to limit the history to recent era of the fifties sixties and seventies. In 1974 when unleaded first appreared out here the main concern was to stop folks from coating the platinum catalyst in their converter with lead.
Those were the days when 91 Octane and 100 octane decals disappeared from the side of pumps and M+R/2 replaced them. And absurd emissions controls ruled beneath the hood. The distributor vacuum advance line was cut, rubber caps slipped over the ends, then engine timing was set to TDC 0 degrees initial advance. And a decal was plastered on the air cleaner.
Around the same era, whale oil was banned for an additive for automatic transmission fluid. The industry predicted armageddon.
I bought an expensive dnow blower from Western Auto. It's power was abyssmal at 7,400 feet altitude. I removed the valve in block cylinder head, took it to a machine shop and they milled it .070". After which I discovered the engine preferred "ETHYL" gasoline. I'd bet torque was increased by at least 10%. I also dropped engine oil to 10W that also made a noticeable difference.
We used to blow down a vessel in the Alkylation Plant. The effluent went into the Sacramento river. About two gallons. I slipped my stanley 2 quart thermos under the spigot and took home a bit of alkylate. The thermos of course was dedicated. A 10% mix into gasoline perked things right up.
The purple gasoline was blended on the wharf side of the road and was watched like a hawk. The family jewels.
