Rearend oil weights and MPG

A/j the motor is 9:5 compression 3.55 gears 904 shift kit roller camshaft. I'm currently getting 13-14 around town with the 318 in the barracuda I know I can squeeze an extra mile in. I'm at 30 degrees total 18 in the dizzy and 12 initial if I bump up the initial I can hear spark knocking at idle I blame my cheap Ecu box hopefully upgrading to an msd box will allow to run more adnavce with no spark knock.i was als thinking of changing to 3.91s since. Do not do any highway driving

I agree with AJ however you note you get knocking at idle, that's pretty much impossible... spark knock only happens under load, you must have something else going on? Also @AJ/FormS since you've had your Orange Box so long it's probably a "good" one, the ones made in more recent years are crap and if the OP's isn't a 25-year-old used piece it very well may be causing problems, ironically lol.