Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com> wrote:
: At 09:41 PM 8/3/01 +0000, you wrote:
:> I promised a friend of mine I'd check on his gas mileage for him to see
:>what everyone else is getting. The truck is a '91 (pre-mag) V8 with
:>a few bolt ons (intake, exhaust, etc.) It has never really gotten
:>better than 12mpg, *highway*. That, combined with the 15 gallon tank,
:>means he can only go 120-130 miles between fill ups. Anybody else
:>out there have any Gen I gas mileage records? How does this compare?
:>Any thoughts as far as what to do to improve it?
:>(Some of you know the truck, it belongs to Jim Knox; honorary DMLer) :-)
: Jon
: In talking with Jim, he said that he had it into a garage and they found
: out that
: his tranny wasn't going into Overdrive. It's been fixed but he won't know
: if this
: will drastically improve his mileage until he makes the trip with us to the
: Nats.
: Bob
Well, that sure wouldn't help the situation, now would it? :-) I'll
be interested to see how much improvement he gets.
---Jon-
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