Kenny Gene
Well Known Member
Please post ideas and thoughts for alternate fuel(s) we can use in IO-540's, (premium unlead?) as current guideline call for an end to 100LL by 2017 according to Nov '09 issue AOPA, page 60.
The options appear to be:
- Run on lower octane fuel, including blended gasoline/alchohol
- Swift Fuel (will require a large investment in facilities, and will run about $6/gal by my personal estimate)
- Run on pure alcohol, taking a 30% hit in range
- Get a new engine running on something else