Zachary Burcham wrote:
>
> First, I'm not going to quote all of the previous posts as it annoys the
> crap out of me when it's done and not reference easily and I'm not in
> the mood at 11:15 pm to do it. But I notice one thing you say over and
> over again. You say things like "I'm not looking for a hot rod" or "I'm
> too old for that" and that's an attitude problem. I'm not sure if
> you've seen/met Ray Block but he's in the "experienced" group and hardly
> the hod rod kid.
>
> But anyway, nearly any performance mod improves gas mileage if you keep
> your foot out of it, so the plugs, thermostat, exhaust and the like are
> all good mpg mods. I bet gears might even help but someone might
> confirm/deny that one. The best MPG I have heard of out of a V8 was
> Matt Brother's fairly heavily modified 94 318 RC 2WD. He had all kinds
> of fun stuff on it and got 24 mpg once.
>
> I'll get off my soapbox but if you really want help then listen to guys
> like Ray, he's trying to help and if you take all his suggestions and
> come up with some "lame" (not meant to offend) excuse why you can't do
> it then don't waste his time.
>
> Zachary Burcham
> 92dakotahd
>
Who was it that wrote once - that they were able to eer out some insane
high fuel milage, by keeping the engine speed under 2000 RPM? or maybe
was it 2500 RPM - I think I'll go search the archives.
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