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68 Cutlass fuel grade and addative question

Old Aug 13, 2014 | 10:29 AM
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68 Cutlass fuel grade and addative question

Just recently got my dad's 68 Cutlass back on the road, question. What fuel grade should I run in it and what fuel additive? Lead substitute? 350 Rocket 2 bbl. auto.
Old Aug 13, 2014 | 10:46 AM
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Just recently got my dad's 68 Cutlass back on the road, question. What fuel grade should I run in it and what fuel additive? Lead substitute? 350 Rocket 2 bbl. auto.
Your 350 2bbl motor only has 9:1 compression and should run just fine on regular. As for additives, the reality is that for an infrequently driven car, I wouldn't bother. There's plenty of lead built up on the valves from years of driving, and using unleaded probably means that you'll only go 80,000 miles before you need a valve job instead of 100,000 miles.
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