# How long would you store gasoline? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 2, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-would-you-store-gasoline/36309 "2007-10-02T07:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-would-you-store-gasoline/36309/14 "2007-10-03T05:04:19Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:10,topic:36309"”] Interesting, but I don’t think I’d want to run 100 octane in my little generator. Higher octane, when an engine isn’t tuned for it, means less power. > **[Avgas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas)** > > Avgas (aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. Avgas is distinguished from conventional gasoline (petrol) used in motor vehicles, which is termed mogas (motor gasoline) in an aviation context. 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 tet... [/quote] When someone is in pinch at the track 110/112 runs really good and the burn off smells fantastic. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-would-you-store-gasoline/36309)._