What exactly makes, high octane,leaded,AV Gas smell different?

I know it kinda sounds like I answered my own question in the ***le. But really,as I was advancing the timing, and tuning the new Holley on my 351W in my shoebox earlier today (wich still had some 100 Low Lead AV Gas in it). I got that (in my opinion) distinctive sweet smell that you never can with typical pump gas, does anyone know what exactly it is that makes it smell that way when burnt???

 

i have no idea....but if they could bottle that smell, they could sell it as cologne.

 

Hell yes! I think there is only a couple of other things on earth that smell better than it and the other one I think most straight guys can agree on..

 

In all probability it's the Toluene and Benzene amounts that give it that distinctive "sweet" smell.

 

id buy it in a heartbeat

 

well It does have some lead in it..not sure if thats the answer or not.

 

i love the smell of 110 octane in the morning!

 

This winter I put in a 440 gallon tank for 100LL. :sweetness:

 

It's the main ingredient to ******. Called *****-juice for your hot-rod>>>>.

 

I don't know if this helps, but my dad is a chemist and he used to make his own octane booster up at work in the 1980's for our family cars. I forget the ratios, but it was a blend of toluene, xylene, and little bit of acetone to absorb any water. He gave me the recipe once before, so I can get it (non-proprietary).

 

Talking about weird smelling gas. Anybody know why my gas would be green? It's been in the tank for 2 years but i've never seen anything like this before.

 

too much broccolli

 

Nothing beats the smell of burnt methanol!

 

only nitro.... from 2 foot away..

 

Well... that seems like a really nice convinience.

 

Hmm, as a couple of you said it COULD be the toluene, but no ones sure yet.........

 

just think, spark plug shaped bottles. guys, the manly smell you've been waiting for, finally bottled in collectable gl*** containers...108 OCTANE....chicks will dig it,

 

I agree that it must be the toluene. I just used some here at work and when I opened up the bottle, the first thing that came to mind as to what it smells like is racing fuel.

Roger

 

It's a great idea... but... do you think the chicks would dig it? You'd probably have a bunch a car guys following you around trying to get their fix!

 

One problem......It smells good when it burns!

 

There's BUTANE dissolved in race gas, a**** about 100 other chemicals. The great smell of the 76 gas that Nascar used to use was due to the amount of butane.
Years ago Circl Track magazine did a chemical ****yis comparison of all the popular race gases and tried to find the differences between them as to octane, BTU content, volitility, Dyno performance. and chemical ****Ysis. Of course, I didn't save it. Some of the fuels had a whole page of the ingredient lists, Gas is not a simple thing.

 

it's more than likely algea in the tank.
that **** can grow anywhere that moisture can get.....i see it alot in diesel fuel tanks.

 

then we'd end up having to set ourselves on fire i guess.

 

Hmmm, never thought of butane, I guess that could definately be a contributing factor.