[Spridgets] Unusually Bad Gas Mileage

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

The only reason you''ll get worse fuel consumption with a DCOE than SUs on  
a road car is that the DCOE doesn't cater for vacuum advance on the  
distributor.  Other than that it's purely and simply down to the way the  car is 
driven.  It is of course very much the case that cars with  a DCOE are driven 
more enthusiastically than those with SUs and the reason  the DCOE is 
fitted in the first place.
 
I expect 28mpg from my Sprite with hard acceleration, cruising at between  
80 and 90 mph and occasional bursts up to and over a 100mph.  Diff is 3.9,  
car has a five speed and power is over 100 flywheel.
 
 
In a message dated 29/08/2012 21:49:08 GMT Daylight Time, derf247 at gmail.com 
 writes:

In my  experience DCOEs are great for racing but are terrible gas hogs
on the  street.
I'm sure you can find some others running the 45s and compare jet  settings.
But, I doubt you'll find anyone running a DCOE 45 on the street  who is
getting better mileage than stock SUs.