[jmmctighe]

Hi All, I have a new-to-me 71 coupe. I've ready through many posts but they go back years and wanted something more recent from the group. I live in a state where pure, non-Ethanol gas is very rare. We have E10 but may go up to E15 due to recent events. The only spot on pure-gas.org is a small city 14 miles in the opposite direction I'd be cruising.
So for those of you who don't have the option to use pure gas, what are you doing? Adding something like Sta-bil, Lucas, Marvels to the tank or something else? Or are you letting it it ride as-is?

Thanks for any info in advance,
John

 

[joe.gautille]

Hi,
Burning 93 octane unleaded premium and adding bottle of Lead Substitute to every fill up. 70 Vert with 351C 4-bbl Edelbrock runs well. Misses when I don't add the lead.
Joe

 

[jmmctighe]

Hi,
Burning 93 octane unleaded premium and adding bottle of Lead Substitute to every fill up. 70 Vert with 351C 4-bbl Edelbrock runs well. Misses when I don't add the lead.
Joe

Was your 351C a stock 4bbl? This one is 2bbl with lower compression than the stock 4bbls had. I'll try the lead as this has a miss at idle.

 

[joe.gautille]

Originally a Ford 4 bbl was stock. We have E10 ethanol here also. Good luck.

 

[Old_School]

Originally a Ford 4 bbl was stock. We have E10 ethanol here also. Good luck.

Actually, the '71 351C was also available as a 2 bbl. I had one, complete with documenting paperwork that I later converted to a Holley 4 bbl.

 

[Gillette]

NOv 2022: 1968 base, 289, stick, been using 93 octance, non-ethanol as many carb specialists advise feed corn to cattle, eat corn at the table but not so good with carbs on most anything, mowers, boat engines, ethanol added gasoline just gums up everything. Actually messed up last month and put in E10 I think and the car ran terrible, acc. pump sputtered a bit, ..went back to the non-ethanol and seemedtot work ok. sad part is its near 6/gallon, high 59x...takes the fun out of driving.