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Old 12-02-2010, 09:51 PM   #5
Dark Knight
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Re: fuel octane/additives

About the oil additives...if one were to have his engine rebuilt, shouldn't the new bearings, pistons, lifters, etc. be made to run on today's oils? I'm sure they have some kind of coating on them that the ones from the 60's and 70's didn't right?
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