Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: No Leaded Gas -- Now What? Message-ID: <296@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 20:43:53 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.296 Posted: Fri Mar 22 20:43:53 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 26-Mar-85 05:04:33 EST Organization: The CAT Factory Lines: 38 Xref: watmath net.auto:6225 net.consumers:2035 >From: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) >Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers >Subject: Re: No Leaded Gas -- Now What? >Message-ID: <655@mako.UUCP> >As far as keeping bozos from putting leaded gas into cars with >cat-verters, they don't need to ban lead totally, just make unleaded >cheaper. I drive a '67 Chevy II station wagon these days. A few years ago, the original engine gave up (after 200K miles) and I decided to bite the bullet and put in a new one. $1500 later I had a new '78 engine in my '67 heap. Creature of habit that I am (and starving student that I was), I continued to use leaded regular, not realizing that the '78 engine was designed for unleaded. After a year or two of rough running, hard starting, missing, and general aggravation, I tried a tank of unleaded regular (I was no longer a starving student, so what the hell?). That's when I made this (embarassing) discovery: An engine designed for unleaded gas runs best on unleaded gas. THE DIFFERENCE IN MILEAGE MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE. Not to mention the reduced maintenance due to lead fouling of plugs, valves, etc. I hope some of the above mentioned bozos read this. One more time: IT IS CHEAPER TO RUN AN ENGINE MEANT FOR UNLEADED ON UNLEADED THAN ON LEADED. Got that? -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe