Someone explain this for me please
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FWIW - my 2 cents, i also believe that the type of gas you use is also very important. to keep a long story short. took our 03 Impala on vacation two years ago, started in montana went south through nevada ,west to California, 3500 miles, kept very close track of where we bought gas and what company. here are my results. Exxon - 22-24 mpg. mobile,conaco. 24-26. there were others but they were all in the 24-26 range, except for Sinclair. 28- 34 mpg. needless to say all my gas is Sinclair and it is consistant 28 -- 32 mpg. Dutch
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ive had the same experience with gas. i dont know my exact numbers but ive found that i get the best performance from shell. we dont have a Sinclair around here, atleast not that i know of
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FWIW - my 2 cents, i also believe that the type of gas you use is also very important. to keep a long story short. took our 03 Impala on vacation two years ago, started in montana went south through nevada ,west to California, 3500 miles, kept very close track of where we bought gas and what company. here are my results. Exxon - 22-24 mpg. mobile,conaco. 24-26. there were others but they were all in the 24-26 range, except for Sinclair. 28- 34 mpg. needless to say all my gas is Sinclair and it is consistant 28 -- 32 mpg. Dutch
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Well over the summer installed new exhaust, new front tires and got the carb tuned up. Im now gettin about 14 mpg at the same speeds. Im going to keep keeping track of my fuel economy and see if i can up it any more
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Dave have you done anything with the an adjustable vacuum advance POT on your dizzy? You can squeeze out a few more mpg with that upgrade, and get better throttle response! Mine cost about $15...
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Originally Posted by huckdeuceman
I think the whole fuel consumption thing has to do with the grade of the road? ie,
going down hill one way and up hill the other....lol?
going down hill one way and up hill the other....lol?
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Ya i have the adjustable vacuum advance and the pertronix unit but that shop says its still not getting enough advance. I trust those guys but i might have my neighbor take a look hes a retired mechanic and has helped me before.
haha that could be! and if so i wanna know what i get when i come back from SB because its a slight uphill grade going there and i got 14 mpg!
haha that could be! and if so i wanna know what i get when i come back from SB because its a slight uphill grade going there and i got 14 mpg!
The you need to re-curve the Dizzy! It is pretty easy to do! I read an article on it, and duplicated what they did, and it made a big difference.
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Well Im willing (or dumb enough) to try to learn just about anything, do you happen to have a link to the article?
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This article is a start! it is what I used as a basis, and then I did a Google search, and found quite a bit more.. also search Youtube
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This article is a start! it is what I used as a basis, and then I did a Google search, and found quite a bit more.. also search Youtube
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