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purple72Gremlin
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I have a 74 Gremlin with the 258. YF carburetor. 3 spd, 2.73 gears and I dont drive it fast. I might go 70. I go to st louis, and its mostly highway. 16-18 mpg. Had a 2001 Jeep Cherokee with the 4.0. Automatic, 4x4... 16 was the best it did. And I drive slow. I do the speed limit...and this jeep had over 200k.
In some areas here, if you live in an area where they have emissions testing the gas will have more oxygen in it. And that does effect your fuel economy. I have noticed it in my cars because I check my fuel economy in my DD.. (and I dont live in an area that has emissions testing) Collinsville does have emissions testing.and I check my fuel economy in all my vehicles all the time.. I use math. Not guessing "half tank there and back". I check all of them. My trucks too.
Edited by purple72Gremlin - Mar/20/2019 at 11:43am |
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tomj
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/27/2010 Location: earth Status: Offline Points: 7522 |
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the MPG in my little 195.6 OHV has been steadily dropping. stock, in the '63, i routinely got low/mid 20's on y daily 100 mile commute, overall average. now, with the 5 speed, twice the carb, more compression, driving it about twice as fast, scrubbing my good tires to the wear bars in 20K miles, aggressive driving on mountain roads, it just gets worse and worse as the car gets faster and faster. i'm not sure what to do. should i go faster? (on the 2018 California Melee, i got about 16 mpg in sections. lol). |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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billd
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You might try removing the brakes to save weight and prevent drag. Take off the turn signals for more weight savings - no self-respecting Iowan uses them, why should you? |
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FSJunkie
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I've been known to do some blasting in cars, but most of the time I am a slow lane driver happy just to keep up and be left alone. Kind of my whole philosophy in life. I only drove the Hornet with my foot buried in the throttle when I first got it. It had a lot of tuning problems ruining it's power and fuel economy but I didn't suspect anything was wrong because it was my first six cylinder and everyone told me how worthlessly smog-choked it was. It seemed to run well, just didn't have much power or fuel economy. I discovered and fixed the problems one by one over time and by the time I was finished it felt like it had doubled in power and nearly doubled in fuel economy. I never had to drive with such a heavy foot after that. But, for a short while I discovered how much fuel a Carter YF can dump into a 232. It's about 14 MPG. |
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1955 Packard
1966 Marlin 1972 Wagoneer 1973 Ambassador 1977 Hornet 1982 Concord D/L 1984 Eagle Limited |
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tomj
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lol, don't give me any ideas... "I make my cars to go, not to stop" -- Ettore Bugatti |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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tomj
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my idea of fast is on twisty mountain & desert roads, not flat-out straight stuff. not that it's any safer, i suppose. somehow, 120 in a straight line scares the pants off me; 60 looking over a guardrail, yeah, i can do that. someone in the crew we drive with described us as "slow cars driven fast". |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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Trader
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The signs on the curves are for recommended RPM, right!!!
And never go more then 55 on the freeway:) Edited by Trader - Mar/22/2019 at 5:13am |
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amcfool1
AMC Addicted Joined: Jun/18/2011 Location: roanoke va Status: Offline Points: 1071 |
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hi, 1984 Eagle sedan, slightly hopped up 258, cam, rollers, Cloyes, etc. 14.5 to 15 mpg around town, checked 3 times. Not bad imo. good luck, gz
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TheBirdman
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eh, I stopped checking, but when I was, I think 13 was my all time best. I dont go easy on that skinny pedal. As for fuel, I avoid corn, but not because any mpg or power concerns, Ive just cleaned and rebuilt enough carbs that had ethanol in them that I have flashbacks whenever I see those yellow handles at the pump. The worst was a set of goldwing carbs that ran e15, then sat with fuel in them. The corn absorbed some water from the tank or air, wherever, and all the aluminum submersed in it corroded to the point where I had to dremel out the jet towers so I could press the jets back in without tearing the orings to ribbons.
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1983 Eagle Wagon
4.0 from 93 cherokee AW4, NP242, and EFI from 99 cherokee |
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purple72Gremlin
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