Re: Quick fuel question

[George Richardson <gprtech@domain.elided>]

A recent article in Popular Classics magazine quoted one of the Stag engine
designers as saying the engine could run on unleaded from new. At the time
they were tooling up, The USA was already considering banning lead, and
since the USA was the intended market, they designed it so.

It's a shame they didn't do a better job of designing the rest of the
engine. :-)

Julian Richardson wrote:

> Yep, I know this must have been discussed before, but I had a quick look
> at a few Stag sites and couldn't see a definite answer, so...
>
> Showing my total ignorance here, what's the official line on Stags and
> unleaded fuel in the UK, given that leaded is about to be phased out?
> Stags may run on unleaded anyway for all I know, being new to this Stag
> lark -  it's not something I've seen mentioned one way or the other
> anywhere. (not sure what year unleaded fuel appeared in the UK anyway)
>
> Assuming they didn't though as standard, does work need to be done on
> the valve seats before unleaded will work without problems or are the
> engines OK??
>
> thanks,
>
> Jules

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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's own