Posted by Ron S. (IP: 152.163.207.77) on August 05, 1999 at 20:46:24:
In Reply to: Led??? posted by John Steward on August 05, 1999 at 05:01:29:
...it was designed as a "low compression" engine (about 8.5 to 1) and should perform well on regular (my Grabber does just fine on it!)...and like it has been THOROUGHLY covered here (great job gang!) you really don't "need" premium until you start 'closing in' on compression ratios of 10 to 1 or higher. For instance, my '65 F 100 w/ a "slightly enhanced" FE will NOT 'tolerate' regular at all...then again it's running about 10.5 to 1 compression.
A tankful of "Supreme" every now and then should help keep things clean and running smooth (or you could buy the 'additive' [Chevron calls it Techron] at your favorite "discount" auto parts store and add it yourself every so often).
I now turn the soapbox over to the next person ;-)