<VV> lead additive

[corvairs]

The traditional answer is lower compression - I can run my 80hp rampside 
engine and my 80hp 1960 engine on regular without detonation. I also 
have had later 95hp engines that could run on regular. During the 
summer, however, i run almost everything on premium. Lon

www.corvairunderground.com

steven at sashimi.org wrote:

>Original Message:
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>From:  Sethracer at aol.com
>Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:38:19 EDT
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> lead additive
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>The  Corvair motors - with the possible exception of the 80HP motor -
>prefer higher  octane gas. 
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>- Seth Emerson 
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>Does this mean that the 80 HP motor is indifferent to the octane content of
>it's fuel (assuming 87 octane or better) or does this mean that the 80 HP
>prefers the lower octane stuff?  And in either situation, why would that be?
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>- Steve Brown
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>'62 Rampside [currently (and unnecessarily?) tanked up on 93 octane]
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