Re: Gasoline in the 30's and 40's
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Originally Posted by 1952henry
Lead was introduced in the 20s as a way of increasing octane, which allowed higher compression. This gave better performance and efficiency. The higher the octane, the slower the burn.
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Yep and Henry ford didn't like it -He was making his own unleaded gas at the time
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