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Wel i just did my fuel millage numbers and im rather impressed. I drove 313 miles at about 75mph (3500rpm on the old tachamometer) and i got 22mpg. Not too bad for the little piggy eh?

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

The best I have gotten is 23mpg.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

u 2 are lucky, i only get 19!, it sorta sucks but montana has bad gas, as soon as i go out of state, its goes up to about 21 even if im at the same elevation

22 to 23 is about right for me as well.

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My 79 4x4 runs right about 20-21 city, highway, pretty much anywhere. It also drinks a bit of oil at the same time though.

My 77 2WD runs in the 25 range, and it dips down to 21-22 if its all city driving.

what should i expect from my pup? its got the g200 and a stock carb. im guessin it will prolly get about what theBEAST gets.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

it might be a little different for u farmer, i have a weber on mine and im not to sure its tuned just right, and your not in montana, most of montana has gas of lesser quality compared to most other states, so it does affect our milage, if yours it tuned right and your engine has been striped of all the emisions stuff like the smog pump and all the vacum relays, you should get better then me, but thats just my expearience, im not to sure on the quality of gas in idaho, but i belive its better then montana.

I get 22-23 in town 26-27 on freeway with a stock 80 4x4

For as expensive as Montana's gas is I would think it would be some good stuff.

With the way I drive, I get about 10mpg in the city or 12 on the highway.

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trust me, montana's gas sucks, diesel and all, i agree, montana has expensive gas but it's not that great, every one i have ever talked to that travels out of montana alot agrees with me, our gas milage goes up when you get out of state, i dont know what it is with out gas its just not that great, maby they try to make it burn cleaner of somthin but out gas milage sucks, maby its time for me to put a trooper 5spd im my truck, maby that will help a little, any one got an old trooper they wanna part with the trany?

hey beast does a trooper tranny bolt directly up to the 1.8 or is there modification involved

i belive it is a direct bolt up, i have read some other threads of someone acualy doin it, but you have to have custom drive shafts made, and you have to use the trooper cross member and transfer case

here it the tread of someone doin this conversion
http://forums.luvtruck.com/viewtopic.php?t=2207

thanks thinkin about putting a 5 spd in for better gas miles.

well just to make you all feel good my lov get between 4 to 6 miles per gal and at the prices now i wont drive it to much. if theres a meet over 50 miles i plan on trailering to the meet.. its still apart for i found out rods were shot so waiting on new ones to come in now. hopefully running in a few weeks

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more pics of my 76 406ci 4 spd posi.

that's how it goes for me........i have to put premie in my rig so i'm paying $3 a gallon too.

time to quit slacking and get that new rear-end in........

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back a year ago while i was still driving it i was getting 26mpg on the freeway @70mph

I get any were between 25 and 36 sines its got a new motor and carb

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If you cant find it grind it

79 4x4 1.8 liter
75 K 10 Lifted with 383 stroker
69 Jeepster comando v6

Well was pretty disapointed in the mileage (if you wanna call it even that) that the luv was gettin. Turns out, I has the vac. lines wrong on the carb.--holley 650--to the secondaries, as soon as I hit the gas, it was dumping fuel to all 4 barrels Rerouted some lines and wudda you know, I can now drive around for a day without hittin the station more then once.

My gas milage just went up a whole bunch too. Its amazing what a non slipping tranny will do. Its also a whole lot faster than before.

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