-=> Quoting Bill Clark to Gerry Calhoun <=-
 BC> On (14 Nov 96) Gerry Calhoun wrote to Mike Dale...
 
 GC> I guess you have just missed the point and are still
 GC> believing the oil companies. Higher octane does not have
 GC> anything to do with burning cleaner. Higher octane only has
 GC> to do with the anti-knock aspects of the engine. From
 BC> Time to get into this fray in terms of old eras (right echo... eh?
 BC> )! Back in the 50's and 60's "high test" not only meant higher
 BC> octane but also more cleaning ingredients and upper cylinder
 BC> lubricants (lead among others) blended into the gasoline.
         Tetraethyl lead was not added to the gasoline to serve
as an upper cylinder lubricant.  It was added because it raises
the effective octane level of the gasoline at less cost than
creating higher octane fractions from the crude oil.  The
lubrication was a side effect.
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