<VV> Lead in gasoline

[Bill Elliott]

I run actual leaded (racing) fuel in some of my (non-Corvair) engines 
that are highly stressed and prone to valve seat problems. Even though I 
run a 50/50 mix of that and 93 octane unleaded, I still get the smell 
and deposits that really take me back to when I first began working on 
cars in the early 80's.  (Interestingly, I have to richen up the cars 
when I run them on this mix...)  Lead substitute additives are not much 
cheaper and of  (a more) questionable effectiveness.

(I have one late model turbocharged European car that has a HUGE warning 
in the owners manual NOT to run unleaded fuel in the car under ANY 
circumstances).

I would not run leaded fuel in a Corvair unless I had to (for the 
octane) and then only if I had no readily available alternative. Unless 
it was free of course! ;-)

Bill

Geoffrey A Johnson wrote:

> I have some of the real stuff in my 63 vert right now.   Freshly 
> uncorked vintage '72 tank aged premium leaded rose' siphoned from my 
> buddies atomic corvair the other day.
> In all seriousness, man what a mess lead leaves in an engine that has 
> not run since the early seventies.  But free gas is free gas.  Car 
> runs well on it too.
> -Geoff Johnson Tongue firmly in cheek
>
>


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