Hi everybody,
I'm thinking about my Africa trip, and thoughts turn to petrol.
My engine is a 3.5V8 from an SD1 - this is the high compression version
- running on SU HIF44 carbs.
I've had a punt around on the Internet and in a couple of Africa Overland books and it appears I should expect octane ratings of fuels in North Africa to be consistently
It'll be fine, just be prepared to retard the timing a few degrees if it pinks due to the lower octane. The lead won't harm it, the opposite in fact. Badger.
Just another point, if you have a CAT, then remove it before the trip as even running the motor for a few minutes on leaded will wreck the CAT. something to do with the lead reacting with whatever the catalyst is on the cat-converter.
Sam.
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