- Location
- Costa Mesa CA
Curious if anyone else has a reliable way of getting ahold of it here in socal. I imagine john wayne airport will tell me to piss off when i pull up in my truck with a bunch of 5ers ready to go.
AV100LL available in socal?
- Thread starter Ryan Declark
- Start date
Mike W
Infidel
- Location
- North Florida
When I used to get it at my local air park, I had to sign a paper saying it was for my “airboat”. Not sure how many airboats you have in California but that was our workaround here in Florida.
- Location
- Costa Mesa CA
Haha florida is a free state, i live the the PRC (PEOPLE REPUBLIC of Commiefornia)
- Location
- The Lake
Just go into the FBO and speak to whomever is at the front desk and explain the situation. I don't think it will be a big deal. Alternately, wait until there's no planes at the fuel stop and walk out there with your cans and act like you belong.
Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
Look for some little podunk airports. Airport I go to doesn't even have a fence or a gate. I drive right up to the pump. Also be careful when buying the fuel there is an option for a 5000$ hold to be placed on your card. *You will also need to increase your jet sizes when running 100ll. There is a thread or two on here with more info.
- Location
- Costa Mesa CA
Yup.
Attachments
- Location
- The Lake
Anyone have a link to the thread about jetting for 100LL handy?
- Location
- the jetski grave yard
Get on airnav.com. it'll have you punch in your zip code for airports near you. Then get on the phone and call and find out if you can walk in there and fill cans or drive in and fill drums. I was getting two 55 gallon drums full at 3.99 a gallon
- Location
- Costa Mesa CA
Sick. Ill do that.
- Location
- Costa Mesa CA
I have yet to tune any carburetors but im setting myself up to tune a js550 with a high compression head. Im using this thread as my bible at this point.
Goes very in depth but not to the point where i feel like i cant follow. Many examples and many easy to follow rules.
Hardest part for me is because i effectively 0 experience its hard for me to have a starting point for reference. Kind of like how someone with golfing experience would know which club to use for the most effective hit at a certain distance. Im basically golfing with a putter trying to shoot 500 yards.
Thankfully iv had a few people give a reference point but i imagine after tuning a few skis ill have a decent understanding on where to start for certain setups.
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- Location
- the jetski grave yard
In my experience jetting doesn't need to be changed with AV gas. Oxygenated crap race gas is a different story. I've ran it a few times but didn't get any more power than AV gas gave me
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
yeah i never had to rejet when running avgas from regular pump gas.
Mike W
Infidel
- Location
- North Florida
Not sure what your compression is but my SJ was at 180psi. I just mixed 50/50 100LL with 89 non-ethanol. My understanding is 100LL burns cooler than regular gas so you have to mix it. Could be wrong so don’t take that as gospel.
- Location
- Long Beach, CA
I'd just change the head and run pump gas.
bored&stroked
Urban redneck
- Location
- AZ
Talk about over doing it. I've been running like 220psi with a 2gal 91 to 1 gal 100LL mix for years now.
OP-sucks but that's cali for you. Here in AZ I pull up the pump on the airport, stick my card in and fill whatever I want.
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
There's benefits to running 100ll other than the octane level. The lead in the fuel holds a very stable octane level and has excellent detonation resistance due to the lead in the fuel. Plus it doesn't absorb moisture or loose its octane over time like regular pump gas. The only con is availability. It is a little more expensive than pump gas but the expense is wellù worth If you can get it
wsuwrhr
Purveyor of the Biggest Brapp
- Location
- Alta Loma, working in Upland
I mean, sometimes they ask for an aircraft tail number.....its kinda an airport sooo.......but there are better options than running avgas at sea level
- Location
- the jetski grave yard
There ain't no better options than AV gas and I just punch it whatever for tail numbers