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Triumph 1500 tc fuel question

black powder colt · 2012-05-24 12:45:38

I recently aquired a triumph 1500 tc made in 1975. Do i nead some sort of lead addative or will it run on unleaded fuel. This may be a stupid question but i dont want to damage the car so any help would be appreciated.

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24-05-2012 1:45pm

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black powder colt

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I recently aquired a triumph 1500 tc made in 1975. Do i nead some sort of lead addative or will it run on unleaded fuel. This may be a stupid question but i dont want to damage the car so any help would be appreciated.

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#2 24-05-2012 5:34pm
ianofitz

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depends if it has been converted or not haha

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#3 24-05-2012 8:36pm
black powder colt

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i read somewhere online that alot of cars made after 1970 were able to take both hence my question of course that might be b.s. If i had to convert the engine would this be costly.I got the car for nothing but that dosent mean i want to spend lots of cash on it .

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#4 24-05-2012 9:02pm
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If it hasn't been converted, there is an additive that you use with the petrol to reduce the lead/ sulphur content. To convert, entails removal of the cylinder head, replacing the existing valves with harder ones and fitting new valve seats in the head. Its a job for a machine shop and no idea of the cost involved.

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