RE: IML: Unleaded gas effects

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Ever since this first posted, I have been wondering about D^2's valves. I was trying to remember if he had rebuilt the cylinder heads on his car to take what he has proclaimed to do with that '68 Imperial. Maybe he will sign in here and tell us.

I am still thinking that I wouldn't bother rebuilding the heads unless they showed the need for other work in the first place. I should admit that some of my Imperials have gone way past 100,000 without a valve job.

Paul W.

In an email dated Thu, 17 11 2005 4:55:36 pm GMT, "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Yes, it was only 16,000 miles, but remember our conditions out here are
>really tough, and this car was driven almost totally on long (1600 to 2800
>mile trips) and always in the hottest months, usually with 5 or 6 adults and
>a packed solid trunk. ?I know some of these trips went through temps pushing
>120, and the car asked for no special treatment at all, so I just kept
>blasting down the Interstate. ?Our speed limits are posted at 70, but the
>usual speed is 80-85 once you get out of town, and very few passed me!
>
> ?If you have been following the exploits of D^2, you know what I mean when
>I say I'd love to get a look at his valves!
>
>Dick Benjamin
>
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>Sorry that this happened to you Dick, but it is a good lesson for all of us.
>I am an advocate for "going the whole nine yards" when doing a valve job,
>hardened valve seats and all, but only when it is already going to be done.
>So far, I have not recommended that the heads be reconditioned in this way
>until the apparent need for work arises, or the process was going to be done
>anyway. It is interesting that this car was only run 16,000 miles before
>requiring more work. I may have to rethink my philosophy on this.
>
>Paul W.
>
>In an email dated Thu, 17 11 2005 2:30:54 am GMT, "Dick Benjamin"
><dickb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>I have been an advocate of ignoring the supposed bad consequences of using
>>unleaded gas in our older cars - as most of you probably know, those cars
>>built before 1974 were not designed to be run on unleaded gas.
>
>REST OF MESSAGE TRIMMED..................
>
>
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