Re: JBA gas milage

From: Bob Nichols (bnich@bellatlantic.net)
Date: Mon Aug 03 1998 - 20:26:41 EDT


rob wrote:
>
> Hi list
>
> Did some on the road driving this weekend.
>
> It was the first since JBA's wre installed.
>
> The "seat of the pants" feel was that it took less
> throttle to cruise down the road.Also the truck seemed to
> stay in overdrive and down shift less than before.
>
> A run from Phoenix to Wickenberg to Prescott to Ashfork to Parks to
> Kachina Village off ramp(this included mountain grades,switchbacks, and
> freeway) ...274 miles, took 16 gallons...17.125mpg
>
> Down the hill from Flagstaff to Phoenix was 124 miles, took 5.88
> gallons.
>
> Both times the tank was filled exactly to the same level.
>
> That comes to a 21.088 mpg.Speeds may have been +10/15 over posted
> but hardly ever under posted.
>
> In conclusion, the JBA's gave us about 2/10's at the strip, but
> the seat of the pants at cruise is apparently very real.
>
> rob lipinski
> 1992LEccV8 auto 3.55 leer shell

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Please excuse my ignorance, but what the hell is a JBA???
Bob



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