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Old 05-22-2014, 06:01 PM   #32 (permalink)
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In this post there's not much to talk about as far as mods go. We got a new 5-year Battery in April. I'm getting a feel for the car with 35 Cold/39 Hot Tire Pressure with the stock tires and am gathering more data for tanks, I'm about 290 miles in to the current tank at this post time and have more miles to go before the tank is filled up and the car is inspected.

I was wondering, Are there any additives I should be using for this car since it has a carbureted engine? I use gas that has up to 10% Ethanol in it. I could use 100% Gas from a local gas station, However if it's the way it was a year or two ago it's still filthy; I was getting about 16 MPG on their pure gas one summer or spring day in the Caravan. I didn't even fill the tank up on it, I just put $5 or so of gas in! The lawnmower I tried to run on their pure gas wouldn't even run, Either. The lawnmower was very poorly maintained, But the point is when I used their E10 the mower ran compared to their pure gas which it wouldn't run on.

Here's a quote from the Orange Oil Tires Thread, Although I changed the quote a little bit for this thread:

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I've found that according to Automobile-Catalog (1984 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Sedan 5.0L V-8 automatic overdrive tire sizes (since September 1983 for North America U.S.)) These Yokohama AVID Ascends work (For the Caprice)

225/65 R 16 - 1.6% Larger than OEM - $106 Each http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....6ASC&tab=Sizes

225/60 R 17 - 2.0% Larger than OEM - $122 Each http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....7ASC&tab=Sizes

I also found this size works but these AVID Ascends offered are not 215s, They're P215s.

215/55 R 18 - 0.9% Larger than OEM - $126 Each http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....8ASC&tab=Sizes

Got suggestions?
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