C3 buying questions
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
That sounds about right. I don't argue that the cars ran like cr*p, just that they were supposed to run on regular unleaded because that's all there was. Corvettes were no exception and as pointed out many times, if it was designed to run on 87 back then it'll run just fine on 87 today.
But again, to bring this back to the original topic for the OP, I don't think the average Corvette owner with a car designed as a street engine needs to worry about running on pump gas unless it has been modified significantly. Engines like the LS5, L-48, L-36, L-46 were street engines and in my experience, in more or less stock set-up, will run fine on pump gas regardless of whether they are the higher compression '68-'70 versions or the lower compression '71-'74 versions. I have no experience with the woolier engines like an L-88, so if folks chime in here and say they have problems, I'll believe it, but I don't think the OP is looking for that kind of engine.
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
OK, one more fact on this: In 1961, Amoco removed the lead from their gasolines and sold "Red Crown" regular gas and "White Crown" premium gas. In the early '70s, they also introduced "Gold Crown Super Premium". Given that, I assume we were driving to the nearest Amoco station to get unleaded premium in 1976.
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You might find this 1978 article to be entertaining :
http://books.google.ca/books?id=qc8D...leaded&f=false
sounds like your dad's car was operating as intended.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=qc8D...leaded&f=false
sounds like your dad's car was operating as intended.
