On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Jim Altman wrote:
> One of the occasionally heard reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire
> was their use lead pipes for water and the long term gradual retardation
> caused by the lead levels.
They would have disapeered even faster if they had been heating their
villas with a fuel with high benzine. Hang on benzine, sounds a bit like
byzantine...curious huh????
Johnny '77 spit
>
> I've run all my LBC's on unleaded for years here in Canada without any
> problems and no pinging either. actually I always run 'em on the cheap
> lower octane stuff and they always run fine. I compared it with using
> higher octane(94), but found no difference in performance. Isn't the
> exhaust from leaded fuel especially toxic? Isn't this why they got rid
> of
> lead in paint...because it is toxic for children? I really don't see
> the
> arguement for leaded fuel as there are lots of English cars still
> running
> without it. Has anyone used a generic
> Cat.con on any of there vehicles without using an EG valve? I was
> curious
> if my Spitfire would burn one of those types or converters up fast or if
> it
> would reduce the emissions adequately? I'm having some trouble getting
> this thing to pass the emissions tests here as my car doesn't have any
> of
> smog gear on it.
>
> Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com non illegitimus carborundum
> http://www.altlaw.com/ 69-TR6#CC28754L W4UCK
>
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