[Roadsters] MPG, mine is baddd

Paul Bauman plhbauman at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 7 14:57:58 MST 2014


I still use mine as a daily driver and have never worried about MPG.
GHR (Get Home Running) is another thing entirely...

Paul Bauman
Westminster, CA
67 1600


On 12/04/2014 11:34 AM, O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS) wrote:
> 4th in a 4 speed is same as 4th in a 5 speed, 1:1 ratio.
>
> My mileage has always been pretty crap, like near 20mpg with mileage under
> recording approx. 15%, so I am somewhere around 23 or so.
>
> These reports of engine swaps getting close to or over 30 are getting me
> moving down the path....
> Due to SU's in semi-bad tune?  Yes, I am wearing that merit badge.
> Carrying too many tools in the trunk?  Guilty as charged.  But I band them
> down well so I can take corners at far too high a speed and not do body damage
> from the inside.
>
> Fergus O
> 69 2000


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