Thread: Avgas in Brisbane

you could try getting an ASIC, a fuel card and some jerry cans..

I believe the rules pertaining to the sale of Avgas were changed a couple of years ago. I have been told that the retail outlets at airports are now only allowed to pump into an aeroplane. As to sale of bulk Avgas in drums, I have no current knowledge, but can say that in the past I could buy it in four gallon drums from the BP & Shell racing fuel outlets.

BP and shell still sell their 100 octane racing fuel. Also Shell now has a 100 octane fuel for sale at some of it servo's. BP has something similar i believe.

I think a quick ring to shell should find you a pump outlet,,

remember 'da

Theres a whole bunch of street races around here,,
Warick this weekend as a matter of fact,,
Leyburn, Pitsworth etc ,,

not sure about Rego--(third party stuff)

could do around 6 races a year within 100 kays of home,,












hmmm,
Russells taking the 500nm ralliart motor out this Chrissy,,

I wonder what it would bolt into---

performance shops usall sell avgas and other vhigh octain fuels in 20lt tins but you normaly pay thro the nose for it

Thanks for all the replies.

I probably should have added that I have contacted BP and Shell. Both put me onto airports whose reply was that they can only pump into aircraft (hence my request) or provide 200L drums.
The call to Shell was quite funny. I think they are using an international call centre. The person I was speaking to went through a list of service stations that were listed as distributors of Shell 100. The closest one that the could find to me was a local BP service station! I queried the suggestion that a BP service station would sell a Shell product and the polite lady on the other end of the phone insisted that they sell it. Of course when I rang the BP and explained that I was going to ask them a stupid question, they agreed that the question was stupid and that they don't sell Shell 100!!! What a surprise!

I have also tried many of the speed shops. They can supply lots of exotic fuels at very exotic prices but none have firmly said that they can get me 20L of Avgas (or equivalent).

Finally, today I have a supplier who is able to decant 20L for me from his own 200L supply. Unfortunately, he is in Sandgate which is a big drive from Jimboomba.

So for this weekend ... I'll give BP 98RON another go and knock back the ignition timing. See how it goes when I fire it up tomorrow.

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Theres a whole bunch of street races around here,,
Warick this weekend as a matter of fact,,
Leyburn, Pitsworth etc ,,

not sure about Rego--(third party stuff)

could do around 6 races a year within 100 kays of home,,

I reckon I could find more than enough events to use up 200L of Avgas very quickly but all this fun isn't cheap. The event I'm doing this weekend is the final round of the Qld Motorkhana championships. It's been years since I've done a motorkhana and for pure fun, I reckon they are the best value for money event you can compete in. They are also fantastic for developing/practicing car control.
I wouldn't mind having a crack a some bitumen rallies too. I've done a couple and really enjoyed them. My little beast would be perfect for them. Just have to put a proper seat in for a navigator rather than the paper mache one that's in it at the moment to keep CAMs happy.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

hmmm,
Russells taking the 500nm ralliart motor out this Chrissy,,

I wonder what it would bolt into---

I'm sure a project will be found. If not, I'm sure I'd have no trouble finding a project for it!