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 Post subject: fuel mileage
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:46 pm 
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About what kind of mileage is everyone gettin with verious engines in your luvs?
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With my 400 I get about 6 mpg cause I got 4.56 gears with 25'' tall tires.The stocker used to get about 12-16.

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ive got a 1.8 in my pup and i can get 22mpg if im nice with it.

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I have a stock 80 4x4, it gets 26-27
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I get about 25-33 depending if I use 4wd

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not exactly sure i will calculate


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i get about 14-16 highway with my V8 and 350 trans
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6-8 with my Buick odd fire 231, turbo 350 and stock rear end. Man I wish this site would have existed back when I built my truck. You guys dont know how lucky you have it, I had nobody to ask questions back then and trial and error sucks!! :evil: But I did have better access to parts back then! :twisted: Off topic rant related to the original question, sorry :oops:

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i get about 14-16 highway with my V8 and 350 trans
Thats about me also. On days I keep my foot out of it :P
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I get low to mid-20's city with both of my stock trucks after rebuilding the stock carbs.
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I took a 120 mile road trip last weekend. It was the first long run with the reworked axle. After doing the math, i calculated that my 400SB/TH 350, 2.75 geared, 25" tire setup gets 15 m.p.g. on the Hwy. I gained about 4 more m.p.g. with the fixed up axle.

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Small block, 4.56 gears with auto trans, 31 inch tires I get 8 or so.

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My stock 4X4 gets about 25, but it needs a tune-up.

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16-20, but I also have larger than stock tires, so I'm guessing 20-26 when figuring in the difference in tire size

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I figured mine with the larger tires. I drive 110 miles a day to work and back, so I filled the truck up, drove to work and back and filled it up again.

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How many gallons did it take to fill it back up?

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It took 4.5 gallons.

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It comes out to 24.444444444444444 miles per gal on the Hwy.

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Picky, picky, picky.

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