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- 1972 Sport Roof
So I'd like to eventually run my car on straight pump gas, and it's got a reclaimed 1970 429 in it. I know that pump gas will eat up the valves/valve seats because the stock ones were designed for leaded gas. This begs a few questions:
1) Besides rebuilding the heads, do any other mods to the engine need to be done?
2) Would the heads require a full rebuild, or just replace the valves and valve seats? (supposedly the engine has less than 10,000 miles on a late '80's rebuild and it does run awesome).
3) For the time being, am I right to assume that I can run it on premium gas with an octane booster?
4) Anything else I'm missing?
Thanks experts!
1) Besides rebuilding the heads, do any other mods to the engine need to be done?
2) Would the heads require a full rebuild, or just replace the valves and valve seats? (supposedly the engine has less than 10,000 miles on a late '80's rebuild and it does run awesome).
3) For the time being, am I right to assume that I can run it on premium gas with an octane booster?
4) Anything else I'm missing?
Thanks experts!