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Subject: | [Fot] gas milage, etc. |
From: | "Steven Preiss" <spreiss@verizon.net> |
Date: | Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:34:39 +1100 |
My TR3 w/ TR4 engine with 145-150 ft lbs of cylinder compression and H6 SUs with SM needles gets really poor gas milage. I have never gotten much more than 15-16 mpg on a tank of Sunoco 93. Granted I do drive it with elan most of the time, and have never driven long enough at cruising speed to find out what the consumption would be under those conditions. Recently I have gotten the engine to what seems to be very good state of tune. It has great pull below 3500 and willingly goes on up to 5k, but with some loss of pull above 4500. Plugs look clean and mixture adjusted as lean as can be for a smooth idle. New points and did a valve adjustment .010 all accross. Any insights? I even have and use an O.D unit. Tires are 165R15 with 26 LBS pressure. steve P. _______________________________________________ http://www.team.net/donate.html Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot |
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