[Healeys] Camshaft Question -- Now MPG

[Greg Mandas]

Thanks for the confirmation. I'm feeling better, but from other responses I
think I'll find a friendly garage and get the emissions checked. 

As for the
oil, I found I started using less oil if I didn't fill it up every time it was
a quart low. I'd fill it up, go around the block and I'd be quart low where it
would stay for awhile. I figure with a 15 pint sump, I'm not in danger of
breaking anything.

Greg

--- On Fri, 6/10/11, Bob Spidell
<bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Camshaft Question -- Now MPG
> To: "Alan Seigrist"
<healey.nut at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Greg Mandas" <gmandas at yahoo.com>, "Healey Lista"
<healeys at autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 1:07 AM
> We've gotten
that for years, esp. on
> flat ground with a low speed limit--Oregon,
Washington, BC,
> Alberta, etc.--and lots of speed traps.  I thought I'd
> get
better with the 3.54 rearend, but it didn't change
> mileage much.   This as
gas formulations have
> changed drastically.  We got a tank of 100% premium
(no
> alcohol) in OR; the gas looked and smelled completely
> different than
the typical gasahol--it had a greenish tint,
> of all things--but I didn't
notice any change in
> performance.  We only got one tank so really couldn't
>
make a mileage comparison.
> 
> What really surprises me is oil consumption
(read: leaked)
> has gone down over the years.   Used to lose
> a quart every
1,500miles on the highway; this trip I used
> less than 2 qts. in 4K miles. 
The PCV valve seems to
> help a lot and, of course, as Gary has pointed out
the
> scroll slinger works better on the highway.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On 6/9/2011
9:45 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
> > Bob -
> > 
> > 23 mpg in a BJ8 is pretty
impressive.  When I had
> a high compression Mk 1 motor in my BJ8, I would get
22 all
> the time on the highway.  But then I found and rebuilt
> a BJ8 motor
and set it up to std spec.  At first I'd
> get maybe 18, but over time maybe
the best I could do was
> 20.  The plane Jane BN1 I have, on the other hand,
can
> typically do 25+.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>
> 
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>     bspidell at comcast.net
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