With 10:1 compression, 87mm kit, a street cam and overdrive, my TR4 gets
about 26 mpg on the highway. It did 22-24 without the O/D. This is on
whatever passes for hi test gas these days.
Pete Fullam
bbrewer@qnet.com wrote:
> I read several articles in TR books about what great mileage the TR2/3's
>got while racing at LeMans and other races. I think that they were averaging
>something like 30 mpg. If they were imperial gallons, then it would probably be
>more like 27 or 28 mpg in US gallons.
> I just rebuilt my TR3 engine with 87 mm pistons & pretty mild cam (but not
>the stock one). The carbs are rebuilt & tuned correctly and the timing appears
>dead on. Anyone who has driven my car says that it is one of the nicest driving
>TR's that they have been in. My gas mileage is consistently around 22 mpg. I
>drive enthusiastically, but not really hard. I use the car on my daily commute
>which is 19 miles each way with 3 stop signs and several hills. It seems like I
>would be getting more mpg. I was expecting to average 28 mpg or so. My gas
>mileage is essentially unchanged from before I rebuilt the engine.
> What kind of mileage do other tractor motored TR drivers get?
>
> Bill Brewer
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