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05-13-2008, 10:25 PM

Bob at warsaw

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Barely ... best I ever got out of my 6 was 16 mpg.

I swapped in a Y-block with a 4bbl carb, lost 1 mpg, and gained a bunch of power. Not to mention Y-blocks have a sound all their own.

That may be true James, but he may want to keep it stock, and
if its not a day driver gas dosent count all that much
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05-13-2008, 10:35 PM

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Barely ... best I ever got out of my 6 was 16 mpg.

I swapped in a Y-block with a 4bbl carb, lost 1 mpg, and gained a bunch of power. Not to mention Y-blocks have a sound all their own.

Well then you weren't running it correctly & didn't have it Tuned right, as the family always averaged 25MPG w/ all our 223c.i. I-6s.

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05-13-2008, 10:41 PM

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Sacramento Vintage Ford has a header for the 223, and Summit has an Offenhauser dual carb. manifold. Check my gallery for a photo of the header.

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05-13-2008, 11:06 PM

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16 isn't too bad, it's not going to be my daily driver. I plan to get the stock engine running as cheaply as possible while we restore the rest of the truck then swap in a big V8, since it's just going to be a fun vehicle and if I'm putting this much work into it I want plenty of power and don't want to worry about gas.

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