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The George Forman of Keepers
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Leaded vs Unleaded
I get the basic idea behind the chemistry but I still have a Kwes-chon.
When was a kid in the 70's, I had an afro. OK, thats irrelevant. My Moms and Pops had Suburban. It ran on leaded gas if I remember right. The other day, I seen the same year Suburban cruisin around. How the hell does he get gas? Will an engine (I believe it was a 454) run fine on unleaded even though it was made for leaded gas? Is that what the "lead substitute" at AZ is for? Just wondering. |
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I shouldnt say fro. More like massive bowl head. The style has actually came back around in a weird way. These kids think they are slick with their hair all long over their face. That was the style in the 70's because we couldnt afford regular haircuts.
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Yes, you fill up with unleaded, put in lead substitute (so much per gallon) and you're good to go.
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Goth + = EMO
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You can rebuild engines to take straight gas too, though don't ask me how. I know my mustangs motor originally took leaded.
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it's ok to run unleaded....it take 10's on thousands on miles to remotely put any damage on the valve seats
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lead lubes the valve and valve seat
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EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO MY OPINION:cool: 6'ers are for kids 1965 chevelle SS 421 sbc 6 speed, 3.90 gears,alum d-shaft, brodix heads,roller cam,925 AED carb...grocery getter*[COLOR="Red"]RIP[/COLOR]* |
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Leaded gas is history...it was originally added to gasolene as an anti-knock compound, but extremely polutant. Modern electronic ignition technology was developed to due away with the need for a leaded additive in fuel in the 80's.
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So pretty much there is knock sensors to retard the timing to prevent knocking instead of a lead additive?
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hence the reason is was so easy to make power in leaded cars. VERY resistant to knock (think 60s & early 70s muscle cars)
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the funny part is they(oil companies) raised the prices for unleaded gas cuz they said they had to "un-lead" the gas, as if the gas already had lead in it when it was refined from cude oil
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yep, thats oil companies for ya
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.........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm looking for my sensor on my 72*LOL*
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