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On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:28:10 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> The Harvard trainers we were using when I was in the military all used |
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> 140-odd octane gasoline, I beleive that's normal for aircraft piston |
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> engines. It's still gas, but not what you put in the car. You should see |
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> what that stuff does for a little old 1600 Mazda - goes like the |
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> clappers but the motor doesn't last very long :-) |
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We used to run that stuff in racing 2-strokes in the 80s. You had to be |
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careful not to spill it on tarmac, it ate straight through. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Only an idiot actually READS taglines. |
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