Regarding mileages in Reliant engines , I have averaged 25,000 a year in mine and had many engines go over the 100,000 mark and a couple over the 200,000 mark .
One of my 200,000+ engines never had the head off it and it ran well enough , although not at peak power and pinking like mad with the carbon built up in the combustion chambers from the old leaded petrol .
I run my 3 Reliants on unleaded with no problems , but then again I am a steady driver and rarely exceed 60mph .
Super unleaded seems to suit a lot of engines .
As for lead balls etc,etc , I used these for 21 days ,20 hours,19 minutes and 18 seconds in my Reliant Rialto .
The results were staggering
The wee pig went from a top speed of just over 90 mph to 196.55 mph and the fuel consumption from an average of 70 mpg to 459 mpg .
The Rialto paintwork was transformed overnight from a very dull Cobalt Blue into a Magnificent shade of Brown at the rear end which , strangely enough , matched the colour of the rear end of my trousers due to the increased speed .
That was one of the reasons I stopped using it as my laundry bill far outweighed any benefits .
Also , as promised on the lead ball packaging , my teeth grew back in , I went from bald to having a full head of hair down past my a*rse { which helped to disguise the brown } and , last but not least , I went from not being able to play any musical instrument to being able to play the piano at concert level .
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