Posts by 6hypo5conv_old

  • Gas

    I think you are right about the octane ratings being different from 1965 until now.

    I wonder if there is a way to compaire one to the other to see if todays premimum fuels are anywhere close to what the engines truely required back then.

    I have only driven my car about 10 miles in the 2 years since its been restored and certainly have not run it hard enough to see if the fuel octane is enough straight from the pump at 93.

    I guess time will tell....

  • Autolite 4100 secondaries

    If you are running a stock Autolite 4100 Hipo carb it has vacuum secondaries and they open slower when you are going slow or are running lower rpms.

    I'm sure that IF your secondaries are free and you don't have a vacuum leak then they will open on their own by vacuum.

    There is a kit on the market somewhere that makes the secondaries open manually if you want....kinda surprised at that much of a difference in changing the coil.....

  • Gas

    ZRay, Do you use one specific brand of fuel in yours or do you experiment? I always use a name brand to get the benefit of the particular companies additives...


    Does anyone use any type of stabilizer in gasoline in their ocasionally driven cars? I do, I use the popular Sta-Bil brand because its redily available here, I use the 2 year dose and really don't put more fuel in than I need to.


    Edited by - 6hypo5conv on 07/05/2011 06:20:24

  • Gas

    <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>

    In the Los Angeles area there are a number of locations that still sell 100 octane race fuel, a number of Unical 76 stations here and there and many independent speed shops. Most if not all will only pump into self supplied fuel storage containers though, not in your car. Expensive though, over $8.00/gal.

    <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana" size=2 id=quote>


    You know I completely forgot about the race fuels they have today-we even have a Sunoco station here in town that has it and its labeled "LEADED fuel, for off road use only" I'll have to check the octane rating on it next time I'm by there.

    How can they still produce LEADED gasoline? I wonder if there is any Ethinol in IT? I have put about 5 gallons of it in our '57 Chevy Belair's 283 power pak engine and saw no difference between the 93 octane pump 10% Ethinol fuel that we normally buy......

  • Gas

    <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>

    Something else to consider is that the difference in price between 87 (regular) and 93 (Super Premium) Octane fuel is around $0.20/Gallon where I live. With a full fill up on a Mustang, that's around $3.00/ tank difference. At this point, K kars are occasional drivers, and if you can't afford 93 Octane, you probably can't afford a K code to begin with...

    <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana" size=2 id=quote>


    Excellent response!!

    We have an '06 PT Cruiser GT Turbo that right on the gas door and in the manual says "Premimum fuel recommended" this is my Wife's daily driver and has a 15 gallon tank-even smaller than the early Mustangs-I have tries to "cheat" and drop it down to regular when the cost kept rising, steped it down to 89 then to 87 from its usual 93 and it WILL run but not like it was designed to, and we CAN afford the extra $3.00 per tank for the premimum anyway-I know an '06 vehicle is absolutely nothing like a 1965-66 is, but any given engine is set up to burn a certain octane of fuel and weaker octanes are certain to do harm to the engine as well as stronger ones imo.

    Does anyone remember what some of the octanes were back when gas still had lead in it? Sunoco,Amoco, Shell,Exxon,BP,Chevron, ect?-seems I remember it being over 100....

  • console woodgrain

    Bob, I got my metal backed woodgrain kit from Tony Ascue of Tony's auto classics, very nice product, very good fit, correct woodgrain though I think the Rosewood is available from him I don't think its factory, I'm really not sure what the name/style of woodgrain stuff is correct but thats what Tony put on mine.

    I've heard that the present kits of stick on woodgrain are short as well, I would think if anything that someone would at least make a kit like this a little big, not a little small so YOU having the metal backing already could just buy that and recover your original stuff.

  • Gas

    Why, when these engines were new they required premimum fuel (and didn't the A codes also?)do we want to run them on the crap 87 octane fuel that in most places has at least 10% Ethinol anyway, would the K motors have run properly on regular leaded gas back when they were new with the timing set to factory specs? I am puzzled by you guys introducing 87 octane gas into a $20k engine, I am also puzzled by anyone using Avgas in one, my Brother-In-Law claims he did it in the early 70s with the car/engine I have now, and he was warned about basicly cooking the engine, and as far as Jet fuel goes, its just glorified Diesel fuel thats used in small amounts in lots of fuel injector cleaners on the market today, I sure wouldn't put it in MY K code.

  • WHERE TO GO FOR NEW GLASS

    You guys might want to do a search over on the VMF and Concours sited for Glass and read the comments by members there-lots more on PS. not only superior products and workmanship, but very plesant folks to deal with as well, THAT itself makes a huge difference to me.