Let's see 25 mpg Imperial works out to 20.8 mpg US, and 17 mpg Imperial
works out to 14.2 mpg US. What speeds were you driving on the hiway.
I've gotten up to 22-23 mpg US when driving 55-60 on the hiway or with a
good tailwind. At my usual cruising speed of 70-75 mph I get between 18.5
and 20 depending on the wind and mountains. In town I get between 15 and
17 mpg US.
My point was and is, while the slant 6 may well have been an okay engine
and may well hold up well enough when driven conservatively and maintained
well, it's not a high speed (not that a 5200 rpm redline is high speed
anyway) engine.
Larry, '92, 3.9, 4x4, 5 sp'd, LE, MP SBEC
On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Rob Agnew wrote:
> I've owned 3 cars with slant 6's. The latest was a super 6 in a 77 Volare.
> It had 100,000 mile on it when I sold the car with no engine repairs
> (except maitenance) at all. The local taxis were easily getting 200,000
> miles before even doing valve jobs.
>
> I also had a slant 6 1/2 ton .... gave me 17 mpg (canadian) in town and 25
> on the highway ... what were you guys saying you're getting with V6
> Dakotas? :)
> Rob Agnew
> ragnew@islandnet.com
> Victoria,
> British Columbia
> Canada
>
>
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