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Old 06-10-2013, 03:49 PM   #32 (permalink)
Sven7
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Boo Radley - '65 Ford F100
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^^^ Thanks on the topper. I didn't think about distortion, but it would just be plywood cut to fit anyway. None of that fancy rubberylonastica!

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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
I've been running E10 in the '59 for 13 years now. I'm expecting valve recession but it still runs good. If/when I detect a valve issue I'll have hardened seats installed, no big deal.
Any MPG results? I run E10 with lead additive. (Planning to restore the truck at some point and the engine will get rebuilt too)

Now thinking that it might not be a big deal to just built an entire aero cap like the green '77 F100 here on EM. Even if it's just a triangle, it should save me almost $20 over the trip, increasing total savings to $30 or so... just speculative. A half-tonneau may not hold the improvements I'd like over that kind of mileage. Either way the ROI would be at the very end of the trip, or on future trips. More of a "what can this truck do" experiment...
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