Gasoline Price Range

[Mr70]

I musta just gotten in under the wire,cause that's the same place I bought it from.
http://www.maxlead2000.com
I bought 6 gal. for $28 a gal...I run soft valve seats too.
I like the new clear pink formula,as that brown crap they use to peddle with the lead particles in it really left a residue,and was inaccurate.

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

256 oz for $45

assuming 93 is $2.00/gal that boosts to 101 @ 2.21/gal compared to +/- $6.00 for racing fuel at the pump!!!!

If my math is right thats a h*ll of a deal.

[Mr70]

You're reading that wrong...It starts at $45 for <u>each</u> gal.if you order either one or two.
Three or more gal. &amp; the price drops on each a lil more.
Corvette Mike over here carries it too,but they were asking $15 an individual qt.last year when Vogel was asking $7.50 a qt.,but you had to buy at least 4 qts. from Vogel + ship.
I don't know what CM is getting for a qt.today.
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Only true purists run soft valve seats..

[70 Forest Green Zee]

Vogel won't sell it by the quart...only by the gallon.

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

It ends up @ $2.42/gal sill looks like a great deal over the $6 racing pump.

[Mr70]

I called Vogel products &amp; asked why their prices haven't come down now,as local gas station prices have,because their still asking for roughly $45 a gal.depending on how many you order.
They said they bought mass quanties of product at last Falls extraordinary prices is why...huh?
They sell a great product being both an Octane boost &amp; Lead additive for us running soft seats,but that just doesn't make typical business sense to me.
I guess they can because they don't have any similar competition to have a price war against..

[69Tom]

I know this is about gas prices, but I was wondering if I could ask more about the Max Lead 2000.

In my COPO 427 engine, what octane should I shoot for? Because 12oz of ML2000 will put me at somewhere around 100 octane. If you add 48oz per tank (to get just over 103 octane), if you're averaging out the cost of a gallon, it's obviously going to be much more than what's been stated.

Just wondering "what's enough"?

[x Baldwin Motion]

2.69 for 93!? today. never saw 93 at that station before. chevelle didn't really notice, it was so happy to get that 30 degree air

[Chevy454]

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I know this is about gas prices, but I was wondering if I could ask more about the Max Lead 2000.

In my COPO 427 engine, what octane should I shoot for? Because 12oz of ML2000 will put me at somewhere around 100 octane. If you add 48oz per tank (to get just over 103 octane), if you're averaging out the cost of a gallon, it's obviously going to be much more than what's been stated.

Just wondering "what's enough"?

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Any idea of exactly what the specs are in your engine? Reason I ask is, "advertised" specs are generally *way* different than "actual" specs once you get out the cc kit...and compression on a typical L72 can be anywhere from high 9:1 to over 12:1 using the exact same part #s, depending on whether the block/heads have been cut, correct piston dome, head gasket height, etc, etc...we rebuilt an L72 one time, used all factory parts, left block alone but just cleaned up the head surface and stuck in the correct TRWs with the .038" FelPro, and it came in at a *whopping* 10.2:1...we ran that thing on straight premium fuel except for the hottest of hot days when we'd add a splash of 110. Our current L72, however, has a little more *pop* to it and requires the good stuff...

[69Tom]

Thanks for the reply, Rob.

Well, I haven't had the block boiled and checked by a machine shop yet, but as far as I could tell, it doesn't need an overbore. I'll probably put a new cam in it. Hopefully I can use the original TRWs again. I hope to keep it to stock configuration. It's an MQ code engine, so I figure it's worth doing so. Plus, that's enough power for me.

I didn't realize it would run fine on straight premium. That's good to know.