1stGenSMIB
Active Member
For little motors I run E-zero. My (sold) sailboat motor, an Atomic 4 at 1.0L/30HP counted as a small motor, as does the Stihl leaf blower. I am hopeful the demand stays up, as its availability is nice when you need/want it.
Non ethanol gas
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LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
That a 57 Chevy? Also, did you ever collect those Hess model tanker trucks they sold at each gas station?
That a 57 Chevy? Also, did you ever collect those Hess model tanker trucks they sold at each gas station?
yep...had a 1967 Corvette 327-365HP engine with an M21 4-speed. Compression ratio was over 11:1. I'd run Sunoco 260 when I couldn't afford the 104..it was still more than twice the cost per gallon of regular at the time.
Never collected the trucks.
My first car was a 62 Buick Skylark with a small V8. I used to run Sunoco 260 in it once in a while. Rightly or wrongly I thought it would clean the plugs somehow. I know the engine liked it. Great little car but it had aluminum heads and was prone to warping them. Happened to me twice. I didn't have the money to get them machined. First time I fixed it just replacing the gaskets. Second time I used two sets torqued the heads down. Never had another issue. I wish the cars today were that easy to work on.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
I just watched a video from Pine Hollow Diagnostics. Customer was getting codes after cleaning the throttle body. Turns out Honda has a whole series of procedures for re-learning the throttle position after a cleaning, and it got pretty involved and required test equipment few people would have.
Can't even unstick your own throttle butterfly.
black dog
Free America
As a kid Sunoco 260 was 102-105 Ron octane. I don't remember what Amoco Gold was?
black dog
Free America
I have a BIL that has collected them and Texaco toys since he was a kid. I think the last year for Hess was 2013.
Those aluminum V8s were so under-appreciated at the time. As you probably know, Buick ended up selling the engine design to Leyland and they ended up producing many for their Land Rover vehicles...
NorthBeachPerso
Honorary SMIB
Nope. Still going but you have to online order them.
The Story of Hess Toy Truck - Hesstoytruck.com
Learn more about the Hess Toy Truck collection online. See how Hess Toy Trucks started as a fun kids toy and has become a 50+ year holiday tradition at hesstoytruck.com.
hesstoytruck.com
Depends on who you vote for.
Yep, you are right. What a sad state of affairs we have.
NorthBeachPerso
Honorary SMIB
I was just at the Shell FastStop in Dunkirk. No Ethanol was $4.30/gal and 90 Octane.
woogie
Active Member
3CATSAILOR
Well-Known Member
Probably more expensive there. You may want to shop around if you want to save some money.
90 non-ethanol was $3.67/gallon and 87 ethanol regular was $2.94. Filled up 5 cans and my truck. ;-)
This post just reminded my that I have 20 gallons of corn liquor fuel in my generator cans that I need to burn in the vehicles and restock the non-E cans for the winter.
HTH
WTF?
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