• Some reciprocating-engine aircraft still require leaded fuels, but some do not, and some can burn unleaded gasoline if a special oil additive is used. (wikipedia.org)
  • Race Gas Original Fuel Performance Improvement Additive is the only Gasoline additive on the market designed specifically for increased engine performance. (klmperformance.com)
  • The premium Race Gas additive formula produces and the best synergistic effect on improving fuel quality. (klmperformance.com)
  • The Race Gas Additive provides the best fuel performance on the market. (klmperformance.com)
  • What is the Application Rate Race Gas Original High Performance Fuel Additive? (klmperformance.com)
  • Race Fuel Concentrate Gasoline Performance fuel additive is a product that we highly recommend for your next race, dyno day, fuel injection system improver, or as a daily fuel additive in order to improve the performance level of your Gasoline engine. (klmperformance.com)
  • Motorsports Fuel and Equipment stated their research In obtaining an advanced fuel additive by working with several chemists and their suppliers, Race Gas came up with the Premium Race Fuel Concentrate additive as a blending agent to improve the quality of the pump grade gasoline. (klmperformance.com)
  • The Fuel Hydrocarbons are additive compounds that contain both Carbon and Hydrogen. (klmperformance.com)
  • With its promise of providing a clean, safe fuel that eliminates the need for specialized antiknock additives (the U.S. EPA does not classify GTA FE as an additive as it is a pure hydrocarbon) it is already in an advanced stage of testing in a number of countries with excellent results at every stage. (alanroth.net)
  • Avgas (aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. (wikipedia.org)
  • THE GIPSY MAJOR ENGINE in its Series I form is used on numerous light aircraft. (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • Gipsy engines had a meritorious beginning in 1927, when the first one to be designed established a world speed record for light aircraft of 187 miles an hour. (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • cylinder engines being used on the De Havilland Albatross aircraft have been designed by Major Frank B. Halford . (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • 18. Since 1916, Major Halford has been actively engaged in designing engines, largely for aircraft. (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • engined aircraft are fitted with the Gipsy Major engine, including the Tiger Moth and the Miles Magister , two elementary trainers used by the Royal Air Force (see the chapter "Trainers of the RAF" ). (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • Dad eventually went to Eastern Air Lines as a professional flight engineer, trained to operate the engines and aircraft systems of all of Eastern Air Lines' four-engine airliners. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • Avgas has an emission coefficient (or factor) of 18.355 pounds per US gallon (2.1994 kg/L) of CO2 or about 3.07 units of weight CO2 produced per unit weight of fuel used. (wikipedia.org)
  • Race gas can be added to your pump gas in order to increase the Octane rating your engine requires, The application rate is Two fluid ounces of the Race Gas Original to One Gallon of fuel. (klmperformance.com)
  • The object of the higher compression ratio is to take advantage of the modern petrol fuels with high octane values (see the chapter "Modern Aero Engines" ). (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • notably the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine used in the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, Mosquito fighter-bomber and Lancaster heavy bomber (the Merlin II and later versions required 100-octane fuel), as well as the liquid-cooled Allison V-1710 engine, and air-cooled radial engines from Pratt & Whitney, Wright, and other manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ad shown here appeared in 1971, the first year the GTO was outfitted with "low-compression" engines which were tuned to run on low-lead, lower-octane fuel. (niceretrotube.com)
  • If you normally use this kind of unleaded gas, fill up with premium next time, since higher octane fuel can help fix your engine. (rockhate.com)
  • Unlike motor gasoline, which has been formulated without lead since the 1970s to allow the use of catalytic converters for pollution reduction, the most commonly used grades of avgas still contain tetraethyl lead, a toxic substance used to prevent engine knocking (premature detonation). (wikipedia.org)
  • Lead also acts as THE ONLY protector for these components. (wildbillscorvette.com)
  • This cutaway of the Corvair Monza Spyder turbo engine (viewed from the front) shows the components of the turbocharger installation. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • A smaller, more uniform droplet size is created, deposition on walls in the intake and combustion areas is inhibited and early vaporization of the more volatile components of the fuel is reduced. (alanroth.net)
  • As we all know, the engine is one of the most important components of your vehicle - it is what keeps your car running smoothly and safely, and can require extremely heavy duty and expensive repairs or replacements if you let a problem with the engine go on for too long. (rockhate.com)
  • Antiknock agents such as tetraethyl lead (TEL) help to control detonation and provide lubrication. (wikipedia.org)
  • This page is to introduce to you a new fuel technology, GTA Fuel Enhancer (GTA FE, also known as Viscon), for your consideration in determining the most appropriate means to produce a gasoline product that is antiknock, environmentally safe, and both inexpensive and easy to produce. (alanroth.net)
  • It far surpasses the benefits derived from tetraethyllead (TEL), MTBE, MMT, ethanol and other antiknock compounds, while having none of the negative environmental effects of those compounds. (alanroth.net)
  • Unlike the aforementioned antiknock compounds that are used mainly for controlling knock, GTA FE/Viscon goes further by greatly decreasing CO, HC and NOx emissions, while significantly increasing performance and improving fuel economy. (alanroth.net)
  • This technology is so new that antiknock testing needs to take into consideration the unique properties of the polymer-based fuel. (alanroth.net)
  • The public first learned of this new technology in a paper that was presented to the American Chemical Society by Professor Emeritus (American University) Dr. Paul Waters, entitled "New Concepts in Octane Boosting of Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines" in August, 2000. (alanroth.net)
  • Knocking, also known as detonation, spark knock, or pinging, in spark ignition internal combustion engines occur when combustion of some of the air and fuel mixture does not create the necessary flame from the spark plug, but instead, one or more of these air and fuel pockets explodes outside of the normal area of combustion. (rockhate.com)
  • When unburned fuel and air mixture is exposed to heat and pressure for a longer time than normal, detonation may occur. (rockhate.com)
  • Large radial engines like the Wright 3350 use all kinds of tricks to boost power output. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • If I understand correctly, a few low-compression radial engines do allow a mechanic to screw cylinder heads onto their respective cylinder bases. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • Kerosene-based jet fuel is formulated to suit the requirements of turbine engines which have no octane requirement and operate over a much wider flight envelope than piston engines. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kerosene is also used by most diesel piston engines developed for aviation use, such as those by SMA Engines, Austro Engine, and Thielert. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Europe, avgas remains the most common piston-engine fuel. (wikipedia.org)
  • Increased volumetric efficiency increases horsepower and engine response during transients such as acceleration and high load. (alanroth.net)
  • Pontiac was actually a little ahead of the game, as law suits prevented the low-lead mandate from kicking in until 1975. (niceretrotube.com)
  • However, prices are so high that there have been efforts to convert to diesel fuel, which is more readily available, less expensive, and has advantages for aviation use. (wikipedia.org)
  • Further testing has shown that in diesel engines, the active range of the polymer is between 5 and 10 ppm. (alanroth.net)
  • That project has now advanced to the stage of raising capital for a coal gas-to-liquids pilot that will make ultraclean diesel and aviation fuel. (wvcoal.com)
  • Adding the right kind of fuel detergent can help clean out the carbon that might be building up within the fuel lines, reducing the engine knocking sound. (rockhate.com)
  • Morgantown, W.Va.-Seven officials from China's leading research and corporate energy organizations met today with West Virginia University faculty and U.S. Department of Energy and National Energy Technology Laboratory leaders to discuss advances in converting coal to transportation fuels while capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions. (wvcoal.com)
  • A minimum limit ensures adequate volatility for engine starting. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ensures your ability to obtain High Octane Race Fuel all the time. (klmperformance.com)
  • I knew it had a turbocharged type of engine, spinning a turbine on a shaft that also spun a compressor to increase air pressure coming into an engine. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • When blended to the proper ratio, RACE GAS Premium Race Fuel Concentrate can take your ordinary pump gasoline and transform it into high octane, high energy, track grade racing fuel. (klmperformance.com)
  • The engine knocking sound is a result of multiple detonations due to incorrect ignition timing, an incorrect air to fuel ratio, or a malfunctioning sensor. (rockhate.com)
  • I learned how to overhaul a VW engine by watching and helping Dad on several occasions. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • Modification of the heat release rate from combustion of the fuel gives octane value, reduces fuel consumption and reduces exhaust emissions. (alanroth.net)
  • A combustion engine is supposed to run smoothly from the moment you turn your key in the ignition until you stop the car later in the day. (rockhate.com)
  • Knock occurs when the peak of the combustion process does not occur at the right moment in the four-stroke cycle, which is when an internal combustion engine completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. (rockhate.com)
  • The engine knocking sound occurs when there is abnormal combustion within the internal combustion engine. (rockhate.com)
  • During this period, there was a good deal of aftermarket hop-up equipment available for the Corvair, including at least three different engine-driven supercharger kits. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • I recall asking him how I could tell if an airplane engine had a supercharger or turbocharger one day. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • I interpreted this slowing repetition as an engine inlet manifold splitting open behind a supercharger. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • Up to the end of 1936 no fewer than twelve Gipsy engines had flown the Atlantic Ocean. (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • C. W. A. Scott , who won the England to Australia race in 1934 , had up to the end of 1936 flown 4,000 hours with Gipsy engines without having had a single forced landing due to engine failure. (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • 36 months previously, in 1934, while however a department of Toyota sectors, it produced its very first item, the sort A engine, as well as its first traveler vehicles in 1936, the Toyota AA. (workshopmanualdownloadpdf.com)
  • The F motors all include expense valves actuated by pushrods from a gear driven camshaft in the lower portion of the engine. (workshopmanualdownloadpdf.com)
  • Chevrolet also developed a simpler turbocharger installation for the air-cooled flat-six engine of the rear-engined Corvair. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • Because the turbocharger used on the Corvair Monza Spyder engine had no wastegate, maintaining the desired boost characteristics depended on properly matching the air cleaner, carburetor, and muffler. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • Will not damage your engine or fuel injection system like these oxygenates do. (klmperformance.com)
  • Called F-85 Jetfire, it used a high-compression aluminum V-8 engine with a complex, troublesome fluid injection system. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • The second number indicates the octane rating of the fuel tested to the "aviation rich" standard, which tries to simulate a supercharged condition with a rich mixture, elevated temperatures, and a high manifold pressure. (wikipedia.org)
  • The way it is supposed to happen is that the air and fuel mixture charge is meant to be ignited by just the spark plug at a certain point during the piston's stroke. (rockhate.com)
  • This means that there will be an explosion of at least one pocket of air and fuel mixture outside of the flame front. (rockhate.com)
  • Generally caused by a poor mixture of fuel and air that is required to power the engine, this causes the gas to burn unevenly and potential detonations to occur. (rockhate.com)
  • The factory covers an area of twelve acres and produces a number of engines which approaches 1,000 a year. (wondersofworldaviation.com)
  • The non-flying pilot would continue to advance the throttle and maintain intake pressures of that engine as the intake manifold continued to split open. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • The DC-7B and later Constellation variants like the Super C and Super G used the Wright R-3350 engines but added power recovery turbines, or PRTs. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • GTA FE/Viscon greatly reduces fuel consumption and emissions in 2-cycle engines. (alanroth.net)
  • The lower avgas volatility reduces the chance of vapor lock in fuel lines at altitudes up to 22,000 ft. (wikipedia.org)
  • The high octane ratings were traditionally achieved by the addition of tetraethyllead, a highly toxic substance that was phased out of automotive use in most countries in the late 20th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • Race Gas Original takes your ordinary pump gasoline and transforms it into high-octane, high-energy, track-grade racing fuel. (klmperformance.com)
  • As it was, the RPO 649 High Performance Turbo-Air engine had rather racy valve timing and a noticeably lumpy idle. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • In it, Dr. Waters explains that GTA FE/Viscon utilizes an ultra high molecular weight polymer (a polyalphaolefin) to convey a visco-elasticity to the fuel which changes its behavior as it is sprayed from an injector or pulled from a carburetor. (alanroth.net)
  • Leaded avgas is currently available in several grades with differing maximum lead concentrations. (wikipedia.org)
  • The results are twofold: First, the volumetric efficiency of the engine is improved due to the reduction in vaporized fuel, and second, the maximum heat release rate after ignition is delayed and reduced. (alanroth.net)
  • These added about 550 maximum takeoff horsepower at sea level on a standard temperature and pressure day to the crankshaft through hydromatic transmission technology, or hydraulic pressure torque directly added to the crankshaft. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • Since the Twenties, tetraethyl lead had been added to gasoline to raise the fuel's octane rating, which allowed for higher compression ratios and, as a result, improved engine performance and fuel economy. (niceretrotube.com)
  • The strategy used in this protocol is to create the conditions which induce knock and compare performance of rated fuels under those conditions. (alanroth.net)
  • And transportation technology itself requires specific conditions such as abundant, cheap, portable energy in the form of fossil fuels, and public infrastructure created by our own and foreign governments, that even those large corporations depend upon but don't control. (pressbooks.pub)
  • Even where we have coal seams that can't be mined because of depth, thickness or difficult ground conditions, we can still gasify the coal, and make liquid fuels from the gas. (wvcoal.com)
  • What causes a cylinder head to blow off of a supercharged radial engine? (airfactsjournal.com)
  • Each cylinder head of a radial engine is actually heated up to expand it and the cylinder head or "jug" is hydraulically pushed onto its cylinder's base with what I understand is thousands of pounds of force, perhaps even well over ten thousand pounds of force. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • After being heated to expand it, the cylinder head of a radial engine is hydraulically pressed onto its cylinder base. (airfactsjournal.com)
  • The ostensible rationale for turbocharging the Corvair's air-cooled "Turbo-Air" flat six was similar to the rationale for turbocharging the F-85: There were limits to how much Chevrolet could increase the displacement of the air-cooled flat-six engine - at that time 145 cu. in. (ateupwithmotor.com)
  • Provides a means to Legally Transport Premium Grade Race Fuel across State Lines. (klmperformance.com)
  • Grades of avgas are identified by two numbers associated with its Motor Octane Number (MON). The first number indicates the octane rating of the fuel tested to "aviation lean" standards, which is similar to the anti-knock index or "pump rating" given to automotive gasoline in the US. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many of the less-industrialized nations have a large population of 2-cycle engines in crowded, polluted environments. (alanroth.net)
  • Although it's generally badged as the Land Cruiser engine, it was found in multiple various other large vehicle solutions also, such as for example in fire vehicles plus the Toyota FQ15 vehicles. (workshopmanualdownloadpdf.com)
  • Since you decide how much octane boost you need, O S costs no more than and often costs less than fixed octane racing fuels. (wildbillscorvette.com)
  • Make sure the right spark plugs are installed for your car to prevent the engine knocking sound. (rockhate.com)
  • These engines contribute an unequal share of the harmful exhaust emissions in the environment. (alanroth.net)
  • This application rate will increase the Fuel Octane Level by four points. (klmperformance.com)
  • Testing using the CFR engine has shown an increase in octane of approximately 3 points. (alanroth.net)
  • Giving automotive marketing types fits were the horsepower ratings for low-compressing engines. (niceretrotube.com)
  • A function of the Federal Air Quality Act, the lead content of gasoline was to be reduced in stages beginning in 1973. (niceretrotube.com)
  • The most common negative effect of continuous engine knocking is particle wear, causing erosion or abrasion in the engine. (rockhate.com)
  • First, and the most common, is the engine knock. (rockhate.com)
  • In contrast, GTA FE/Viscon affects the physical character of the fuel by changing the dynamic distillation of the fuel and inhibiting the separate vaporization of the higher distillates. (alanroth.net)