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Hi everyone

I had a question regarding gas mileage. I drive a 68 coupe, with a modified
302 and c-4, It has an open diff with 2.79 : 1 gears. The 302 was punched
thirty over, has Edelbrock performer intake and cam and holley 600 with vac
secondaries. Still have stock heads and currently a mallory unilite
distributor w vac advance and promaster coil. My problem is it only gets ten
miles to the gallon. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but my 66
thunderbird with a 390 will get 13 -17. Is this what the rest of you average?
Is it because I'm in CA and we have that oxygenated gas? Am I just being
overly hopeful?

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Mail From: Sam Weatherby (email redacted)

My '70 Fastback, the sleek machine that it is, gets ~12 city and 20 +
highway. It is a 302 2v, C-4, 2.79 gears.
-srw

Sam Weatherby (email redacted) insert.com/sammy
'70 Mustang Grabber Sportsroof
'93 F-150 XLT Lightning

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To: Multiple recipients of list <(email redacted)>
Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 1:53 PM
Subject: [CM:6649] gas mileage


>Hi everyone
>
>I had a question regarding gas mileage. I drive a 68 coupe, with a modified
>302 and c-4, It has an open diff with 2.79 : 1 gears. The 302 was punched
>thirty over, has Edelbrock performer intake and cam and holley 600 with vac
>secondaries. Still have stock heads and currently a mallory unilite
>distributor w vac advance and promaster coil. My problem is it only gets
ten
>miles to the gallon. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but my 66
>thunderbird with a 390 will get 13 -17. Is this what the rest of you
average?
>Is it because I'm in CA and we have that oxygenated gas? Am I just being
>overly hopeful?

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Mail From: Matt Soeffner (email redacted)

10 MPG? No, that's not acceptable. I get 13 MPG in town with mine, and
that's with a mechanical cam, 3.50 gears, dual quads and so on...
You're "probadly" running to rich if you're getting that bad of milage.
I'm sure that the motor isn't in need of a tune-up, right? Arizona has
oxygenated gas too, so that isn't it...

Your carb and intake seem to be well matched for your setup. So I don't
think that's hurting you. What is the timing set at? Too high will
decrease your milage. What's the performance of the motor like? Does it
stumple? Just things to check.

Matt Soeffner
(email redacted)
www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1966



On Tue, 7 Oct 1997 (email redacted) wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> I had a question regarding gas mileage. I drive a 68 coupe, with a modified
> 302 and c-4, It has an open diff with 2.79 : 1 gears. The 302 was punched
> thirty over, has Edelbrock performer intake and cam and holley 600 with vac
> secondaries. Still have stock heads and currently a mallory unilite
> distributor w vac advance and promaster coil. My problem is it only gets ten
> miles to the gallon. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but my 66
> thunderbird with a 390 will get 13 -17. Is this what the rest of you average?
> Is it because I'm in CA and we have that oxygenated gas? Am I just being
> overly hopeful?
>

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Mail From: Adrian Rose (email redacted)

73 351 2bbl,air conditioner on quite a lot here in S Florida.Last 2000
miles,just over 13mpg,mostly doing 75 on the turnpike,45 miles daily.


Adrian Rose,Boca,Florida
Thank you for your support---I shall always wear it.

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Mail From: Michael J. Kupec (email redacted)

Just my $0.02 worth.

If you're using the stock settings for the Holley with a slightly radical
cam (you never did say what the duration/lift is) you could quite possibly
get those results (10MPG). The generic Holley is jetted too rich right out
of the box (usually has 68's), the secondary spring is too week (brown
tipped spring) and the secondary metering plate too rich and if the cam is
too radical the power valve needs to changed from the 6.5"h20 to 5.5"h20.
Besides the idle screws are always too far out (2 1/2 full turns, should be
1 1/2 - 1 3/4) and the float level too high.

Yes the carb will run with the default settings, but you have to be willing
to set it up properly for best performance. I'm running a Crane CCH-300-NC
cam (300 deg duration / .500" lift), a Holley street master intake, 600 VAC
Sec.Holley, Mallory Unilite, MSD 6AL, Tri-Y's and turbo mufflers and I get
14-15MPG hot dogging it. FWIW

Michael J. Kupec
(email redacted)

I live with constant fear and danger every day. . .
And sometimes she lets me go four-wheeling! "

"Get in, Sit down, Shut up, and Hold on!"

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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA (703) 680-6903
1964 1/2 260 Convertible w/PS, PB, & Power Top
1965 289 HP "K" Coupe w/PS, PB, & Pony Int. (Early '65, not a GT)
1970 Bronco 400M (yes a "M" as in big Mother!)

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To: Multiple recipients of list <(email redacted)>
Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 5:11 PM
Subject: [CM:6649] gas mileage



>Hi everyone
>
>I had a question regarding gas mileage. I drive a 68 coupe, with a modified
>302 and c-4, It has an open diff with 2.79 : 1 gears. The 302 was punched
>thirty over, has Edelbrock performer intake and cam and holley 600 with vac
>secondaries. Still have stock heads and currently a mallory unilite
>distributor w vac advance and promaster coil. My problem is it only gets
ten
>miles to the gallon. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but my 66
>thunderbird with a 390 will get 13 -17. Is this what the rest of you
average?
>Is it because I'm in CA and we have that oxygenated gas? Am I just being
>overly hopeful?
>
>

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Mail From: Rod Barnes (email redacted)

For a comparison: I have a 67 coupe with a 351W w/600cfm carb (Holley
4160). I get about the same -- ten mpg -- with my "normal" driving (read
putting my foot into it on occasion <grin>. Condition-wise, the engine has
about 50K on it after a rebuild where it was bored 030 over.

I'd also be curious about comparisons. Right now, I'm running a new tank
and have promised myself to stay out of the secondaries as much as possible
(hmm) to get the best mileage I can.

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>I had a question regarding gas mileage....

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Mail From: Pete Thompson (email redacted)

69 Mustang, 351w, C6, 3.25:1 Trak-Loc 4 pinion, 750cfm vacum secondaries
Holley(rebuilt by the Carb Shop, stage 2), Edelbrock Performer intake,
mild RV cam
10mpg
Spirited driver
Before the C6(was FMX) and 3.25:1 rear end(was 2.75:1) I was getting
13/15 mpg.
I'm going to be curious what the new 393 stroker Windsor will be like,
both performance and mileage.

Peter
69 Mustang convertible, 351w(soon to be 393w)
64 Falcon convertible, 302
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Barnes [SMTPemail redacted)]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 8:20 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [CM:6667] Re: gas mileage
>
> For a comparison: I have a 67 coupe with a 351W w/600cfm carb (Holley
> 4160). I get about the same -- ten mpg -- with my "normal" driving
> (read
> putting my foot into it on occasion <grin>. Condition-wise, the
> engine has
> about 50K on it after a rebuild where it was bored 030 over.
>
> I'd also be curious about comparisons. Right now, I'm running a new
> tank
> and have promised myself to stay out of the secondaries as much as
> possible
> (hmm) to get the best mileage I can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: (email redacted) <(email redacted)>
>
> >I had a question regarding gas mileage....
>
>
>
>

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Mail From: wrk (email redacted)

That sound pretty close to what I have. I just put a rebuilt 351W with a 4160
in my 70. My rough estimates are ~12-13 mpg. I have to get on it a little to
see if my new engine is performing correctly, but I haven't been too radical
because I'm still breaking it in. (First oil change this weekend!)

Russell Kumpe
(email redacted)
70 Grande 351W-4V

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On 10/08/97, at 12:20 AM, Rod Barnes wrote:

>For a comparison: I have a 67 coupe with a 351W w/600cfm carb (Holley
>4160). I get about the same -- ten mpg -- with my "normal" driving (read
>putting my foot into it on occasion <grin>. Condition-wise, the engine has
>about 50K on it after a rebuild where it was bored 030 over.
>
>I'd also be curious about comparisons. Right now, I'm running a new tank
>and have promised myself to stay out of the secondaries as much as possible
>(hmm) to get the best mileage I can.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: (email redacted) <(email redacted)>
>
>>I had a question regarding gas mileage....
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Mail From: Dan Leih (email redacted)

(email redacted)%INTERNET wrote:
>
> 69 Mustang, 351w, C6, 3.25:1 Trak-Loc 4 pinion, 750cfm vacum
snip
> I'm going to be curious what the new 393 stroker Windsor will be like,

Hey Pete, what makes your stroker? Specifically rods/crank/piston combo
and cost? One of these days...

thanks, dan

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Hi Pete,
I was wondering if you liked the job the Carb shop did on your carb. I'm
thinking of having them do a rebuild and mods on a Holley I'm using. Did you
feel or notice any difference? Has anyone else had dealings with the Carb
Shop?

Thanks,
Steve Sweeney


<< 69 Mustang, 351w, C6, 3.25:1 Trak-Loc 4 pinion, 750cfm vacum secondaries
Holley(rebuilt by the Carb Shop, stage 2), Edelbrock Performer intake,
mild RV cam
10mpg
Spirited driver
Before the C6(was FMX) and 3.25:1 rear end(was 2.75:1) I was getting
13/15 mpg.
I'm going to be curious what the new 393 stroker Windsor will be like,
both performance and mileage.
>>

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Mail From: Adrian Rose (email redacted)

Re my 73 351 2bbl,I bought the correct carb rebuilt by pony in NY.they did
a great
job and have terrific customer support.The old carb turned out to be from
? a Ford Galaxy and is in my garage if anyone needs!
The idle and pick up now is incredible,compared with the old unit that i
had for 8 years!
As I said,13 mpg ,lead foot,a/c on a lot,80mph turnpike runs daily for 20
miles each way.


Adrian Rose,Boca,Florida
Thank you for your support---I shall always wear it.

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Mail From: Pete Thompson (email redacted)

Steve,
I spent several months trying to get the Holley 750cfm carb to run
properly. I had an off-idle stumble on acceleration. We got it to move
around by changing jets, acc pump, etc.. So I had pulled it and bought a
new 600cfm Holley and ran that. Ran fine.
I then bought the 64 Falcon, in April, which had an ugly 2bbl on a '77
302.
So........
New cam, ported the stock heads(had some extra time<G>, stock 4bbl
intake and the 600 off my Mustang.

Sent the 750 to the Carb Shop along with all of the specs on the
69Stang. 3 weeks later, bolted it on, adjusted air fuel and it runs like
a scalded cat.

Also had my factory tri-power done by them.
Stage 2 is flow benched and it really seems to make a difference.
They do believe an engine should run rich.
But like any work it was not perfect, they forgot to put the retainer on
the electric choke arm. Caused a few problems til I noticed it was
missing.

Bottom Line: I will still use them. I will not rebuild another carb the
Carb Shop will do them.

Peter
69 Mustang convertible, 351w, C6
64 Falcon convertible, 302, 4 speed - wife's car
> -----Original Message-----
> From: (email redacted) [SMTPemail redacted)]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 12:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [CM:6697] RE: 6667] Re: gas mileage
>
> Hi Pete,
> I was wondering if you liked the job the Carb shop did on your
> carb. I'm
> thinking of having them do a rebuild and mods on a Holley I'm using.
> Did you
> feel or notice any difference? Has anyone else had dealings with the
> Carb
> Shop?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Sweeney
>
>
> << 69 Mustang, 351w, C6, 3.25:1 Trak-Loc 4 pinion, 750cfm vacum
> secondaries
> Holley(rebuilt by the Carb Shop, stage 2), Edelbrock Performer
> intake,
> mild RV cam
> 10mpg
> Spirited driver
> Before the C6(was FMX) and 3.25:1 rear end(was 2.75:1) I was getting
> 13/15 mpg.
> I'm going to be curious what the new 393 stroker Windsor will be
> like,
> both performance and mileage.
> >>

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Mail From: Tony Carnicello (email redacted)

HOOBOY! I've had a '69 Grande since 1975 with a 351W 4bbl, 4spd with 3.0
gears and hedders. All these years I got 12 to 14 mpg with it and felt
lucky considering the way I drove it! :^). Now that I've warmed up the
cam and manifold during the rebuild, I hope *I* can get 10 mpg.


>Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 16:32:57 -0400 (EDT)
>From: (email redacted)
>To: (email redacted)
>Subject: gas mileage
>Message-ID: <(email redacted)>

>Hi everyone

>I had a question regarding gas mileage. I drive a 68 coupe, with a
modified
>302 and c-4, It has an open diff with 2.79 : 1 gears. The 302 was punched
>thirty over, has Edelbrock performer intake and cam and holley 600 with
vac
>secondaries. Still have stock heads and currently a mallory unilite
>distributor w vac advance and promaster coil. My problem is it only gets
ten
>miles to the gallon. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but my 66
>thunderbird with a 390 will get 13 -17. Is this what the rest of you
average?
>Is it because I'm in CA and we have that oxygenated gas? Am I just being
>overly hopeful?

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Mail From: Keven D. Coates (email redacted)

I had to respond to this post since my car is almost exactly the same as yours,
68 stang with a 302, etc... My engine is a little more modified, but that
would only hurt me.

I have 2.79 gears as you do and I get 14 mpg almost no matter what kind of
driving I do.

My cam is an Erson TQ30. The cam and the carb are usually the major mpg
determiners (besides driving style). If I were you I would check my carb for
fuel leakage or seriously rich mixture.

Good luck!

Best Regards,
Keven Coates
TI DSP Datacomm
'68 stang

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Mail From: Dean Thompson (email redacted)

I had a '66 with a moderately hopped up 302 in it. Erson cam .478 lift 292
duration. Holley 650 double pumper (manual secondaries). It ran 10 mpg
around town *regardless* of how I drove it. It would pull 18 mpg on the
highway. I guess when I was running at 2800 rpm at 60 mph I was right in
the power band and getting the best efficiency. It was a 4-speed.
Sometimes it took some self control to maintain 60 on the highway with all
the little teeny-boppers driving their Camaros passing me, but I really
hated to turn more than 3000 for sustained driving. Revving it up, now
that's a different story. I ran it up over 7K rpm many times. It was not
stock though. Boy how I loved that sound. Ahh, those were the days.

Dean

Your message dated: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 03:20:05 -0300
>HOOBOY! I've had a '69 Grande since 1975 with a 351W 4bbl, 4spd with 3.0
>gears and hedders. All these years I got 12 to 14 mpg with it and felt
>lucky considering the way I drove it! :^). Now that I've warmed up the
>cam and manifold during the rebuild, I hope *I* can get 10 mpg.
>>From: (email redacted)
[...]
>>distributor w vac advance and promaster coil. My problem is it only gets
>ten
>>miles to the gallon. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but my 66
>>thunderbird with a 390 will get 13 -17. Is this what the rest of you
>average?

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Mail From: HiFi (email redacted)

I have a stock (non-performance) 289ci. 3-speed manual tranny, '67
coupe. (Too new to the list to say that in the codes you guys know).
Chickenshit driver after surviving head-on in a Honda 3 yrs ago.
I get about 17-18mpg combined highway/city driving.

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Mail From: (email redacted) (email redacted)

Thanks for the info Pete!
I have a 715 holley that at times has been a real bear to live with. I had
installed their Speed Blocks to ease tuning ( their a blessing) but I ordered
them from Summit. At the time I didn't know that if I had ordered them direct
they would have set them up with the proper idle jetting to coinside with the
air bleeds. At this time I figured I might as well ship the carb off and let
them work it over.

Thanks very much,

Steve Sweeney

<< Steve,
I spent several months trying to get the Holley 750cfm carb to run
properly. I had an off-idle stumble on acceleration. We got it to move
around by changing jets, acc pump, etc.. So I had pulled it and bought a
new 600cfm Holley and ran that. Ran fine.
I then bought the 64 Falcon, in April, which had an ugly 2bbl on a '77
302.
So........
New cam, ported the stock heads(had some extra time<G>, stock 4bbl
intake and the 600 off my Mustang.

Sent the 750 to the Carb Shop along with all of the specs on the
69Stang. 3 weeks later, bolted it on, adjusted air fuel and it runs like
a scalded cat.

Also had my factory tri-power done by them.
Stage 2 is flow benched and it really seems to make a difference.
They do believe an engine should run rich.
But like any work it was not perfect, they forgot to put the retainer on
the electric choke arm. Caused a few problems til I noticed it was
missing.

Bottom Line: I will still use them. I will not rebuild another carb the
Carb Shop will do them.

Peter
69 Mustang convertible, 351w, C6
64 Falcon convertible, 302, 4 speed - wife's car >>

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Mail From: Jason P. Ellis (email redacted)

What can I do to get a little better fuel mileage?
I filled up and I drove 110 miles at a half tank.
Now it is at a 1/4 tank and I have driven a total of 150 miles. This
seems like bad mileage for a staight 6. I have a new head and the car has
been running very cold lately. Never reaches above the T. Maybe it is
using a lot of gas to warm itself up.
I may also be used to my rx7 which got around 350 miles out of 15
gallons.

thanks


************************************************************
Jason Ellis
1966 Mustang Coupe
Maritime Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University at Galveston


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Mail From: Jeff Christian (email redacted)

On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 19:20:01 -0400, you wrote:

>What can I do to get a little better fuel mileage?
>I filled up and I drove 110 miles at a half tank.
>Now it is at a 1/4 tank and I have driven a total of 150 miles. This
>seems like bad mileage for a staight 6. I have a new head and the car has
>been running very cold lately. Never reaches above the T. Maybe it is
>using a lot of gas to warm itself up.
>

You should be able to get about 25 to 27 mpg (imperial) out of a straight six.
I've got a '66, and get about that. We use kilometers and stuff here in Canada
to make it confusing, but if you are only getting a couple hundred miles to a
tank, you've got some other problem. Might be a fuel leak somewhere. Won't
take much to lose a lot under pressure.

Jeff

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Mail From: David B. Hollis (email redacted)

At 07:20 PM 11/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
>What can I do to get a little better fuel mileage?
>I filled up and I drove 110 miles at a half tank.
>Now it is at a 1/4 tank and I have driven a total of 150 miles. This
>seems like bad mileage for a staight 6. I have a new head and the car has
>been running very cold lately. Never reaches above the T. Maybe it is
>using a lot of gas to warm itself up.
> I may also be used to my rx7 which got around 350 miles out of 15
>gallons.
>
>thanks
>
>
>************************************************************
>Jason Ellis
>1966 Mustang Coupe
>Maritime Systems Engineering
>Texas A&M University at Galveston
>
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Another question along the same line - what should be expected gas mileage
for a 289 2V? (In my case, it's a 66 Cnvrt, no a/c, 2.82 rear end, mixed
driving, warm weather). Thanks.


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Mail From: Riggins Chris-G1435C (email redacted)



> At 07:20 PM 11/17/97 -0400, David B. Hollis wrote:
> >What can I do to get a little better fuel mileage?
> >I filled up and I drove 110 miles at a half tank.
> >Now it is at a 1/4 tank and I have driven a total of 150 miles. This
> >seems like bad mileage for a staight 6. I have a new head and the
> car has
> >been running very cold lately. Never reaches above the T. Maybe it
> is
> >using a lot of gas to warm itself up.
> > I may also be used to my rx7 which got around 350 miles out of 15
> >gallons.
> >
> >thanks
> >Jason Ellis
>
> I recently drove my '67 Mustang Coupe (with '68 200 cid mounting a
> Carter YF
> carburetor) from Atlanta, Georgia to Williamsport, Pennsylvania and
> got between
> 28 and 29 miles per gallon the whole way. I was getting 450 miles out
> of a tank.
> I ran 87 octane fuel most of the way (and suffered some pinging by the
> time I got
> back) but I started with a tank of 93. Now, I was astonished by this
> great
> performance, but it jibes with tales I'd been told about fuel
> efficiency of the 200's
> from some folks who drove them when they were new.
>
> My car is in only middling tune, I'd say. I recently regapped the
> points by eye and
> engine sound alone. Likewise, idle-speed and other carburetor
> settings were
> equally unscientifically set.
>
> I guess what I'm saying is that it shouldn't take much to make that
> 200 pretty miserly
> on the fuel.
>
> Chris Riggins

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Mail From: Bill Silvershein (email redacted)

Greetings All:

I have been watching this thread for quite some time now, and am ammazed
that nobody has mentioned the fact of different rear gearing in conjunction
with your mileage statements.
I have had two identical 73 convertibles, both powered by 302 2V, with
automatics, one had a 3:00:1 rear gear set, while the other had a 2:75:1 rear
gear set(with a distinct lack of acceleration I might add), the 3:00:1 car got
between 14-21 mpg at a nice steady 65, while the 2:75:1 got 25-28mpg at the
same speed.
So you see, just because you both have 6's with 1brl carbs, does not mean
that you will both get the same mileage. There are to many factors that need to
be looked at, whether you have alot of hills in your area, compared to say
someplace like Kansas, whether you have a tendancy to use loud pedal alittle to
much while passing another vehicle, and how about lots of stop and go traffic,
compared to the open highway(with no traffic lights, and no traffic
congestion). When you start comparing apples to apples, only then will you be
able to asertain the correct coralation of your data.

Just my 2 cents ...Hope it helps to clarify things somewhat.


Yours In Fords,

Bill

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Mail From: Riggins Chris-G1435C (email redacted)


(email redacted) wrote:

> >Greetings All:
> >
> > I have been watching this thread for quite some time now, and am
> ammazed
> >that nobody has mentioned the fact of different rear gearing in
> conjunction
> >with your mileage statements.
>
> Well, I left out my rear gearing ratio because I haven't the
> foggiest what it
> is. My guess is it's the least expensive, least sporty option
> available--my grandfather
> splurged only on white-wall tires!
>
> > So you see, just because you both have 6's with 1brl carbs, does
> not mean
> >that you will both get the same mileage. There are to many factors
> that need to
> >be looked at, whether you have alot of hills in your area, compared
> to say
> >someplace like Kansas, whether you have a tendancy to use loud pedal
> alittle to
> >much while passing another vehicle, and how about lots of stop and go
> traffic,
> >compared to the open highway(with no traffic lights, and no traffic
> >congestion). When you start comparing apples to apples, only then
> will you be
> >able to asertain the correct coralation of your data.
>
> I'd hoped the description of where I went would clarify things
> like topography,
> but I drove up I-81, parallel to the Blue-Ridge Pkwy. It's
> Appalachian mountains
> all of the way. Non-stop rolling hills, I'd describe it, with very
> little of the serious
> inclines of the Rockies. It wasn't any Kansas, either! Traffic was
> freeway all of
> the way--no jams at all, a nice smooth, energy efficient, 60 mph for
> 13 hours!
>
> Chris

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Now that I know what gas mileage I should be getting, can anyone tell me
what is wrong with my car.

I know that it is tuned by ear. This could be a culprit. The points and
plugs and wires and cap are all new. I did have to jury rig the tranny
modulator vacuum hose..it may have a leak...would this hurt mileage?

I am trying to figure this out because gas prices are very high on
Glaveston Island. 1.21 for 87 when on the mainland of Texas it is down to
.99 for 87.

thanks for any help

************************************************************
Jason Ellis
1966 Mustang Coupe
Maritime Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University at Galveston


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... because gas prices are very high on Galveston Island. 1.21 for 87
when on the mainland of Texas it is down to .99 for 87...



I'd consider myself lucky at $1.21, I'm paying $1.459 for 87 octane
here in San Diego. I was in Florida last month and it was $1.189, and
LA is typically $.10 less than San Diego. Ahh, those wonderful sun
dollars, and I got rained on this morning...

Lane


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> I'd consider myself lucky at $1.21, I'm paying $1.459 for 87 octane
> here in San Diego. I was in Florida last month and it was $1.189, and
> LA is typically $.10 less than San Diego.

So much for how the taxpayer dollars to help build the Alaska Pipeline
were going to be paid back by lower fuel costs.



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I have you all beat. Here in Hawaii I paid 1.70 for 87!!!! The price you
pay to drive in Paradise!
Derek

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> To: Multiple recipients of list <(email redacted)>
> Subject: [CM:7584] Re: GAS MILEAGE
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 11:00 AM
>
> ... because gas prices are very high on Galveston Island. 1.21 for
87
> when on the mainland of Texas it is down to .99 for 87...
>
>
>
> I'd consider myself lucky at $1.21, I'm paying $1.459 for 87 octane
> here in San Diego. I was in Florida last month and it was $1.189,
and
> LA is typically $.10 less than San Diego. Ahh, those wonderful sun
> dollars, and I got rained on this morning...
>
> Lane
>
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Mail From: Jason P. Ellis (email redacted)

Ok guys and girls! Thanks for making me feel bad because I think that the
gas prices here are outrageous. I will think about the list next time I
fill up and only have to pay 1.20 or so.

Now, nobody answered my question. I was wondering what could be the
culprit of causing my bad gas mileage. Just send your suggestions my way.

************************************************************
Jason Ellis
1966 Mustang Coupe
Maritime Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University at Galveston


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Hello guys,

You wanna try the cost of petrol here in England. The cheapest I can
get unleaded for is 61.9pence/litre, which works out to be $3.75 a
gallon.

I'd love to get the juice at $1.45

Cheers,

Rav.

> I'd consider myself lucky at $1.21, I'm paying $1.459 for 87 octane
> here in San Diego. I was in Florida last month and it was $1.189, and
> LA is typically $.10 less than San Diego.


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