Hughes heh237/242 in a 360?
But the way, what’s deep in the 20’s for mileage?
Rob are you goading me again,lol.
That GVod has paid for itself a long long time ago; both in fuel savings and less engine wear and tear.
That car has had 3.55s most of it's life. And before overdrive, the hiway rpm was 2870, compared to 2240 after. That means with overdrive, the engine turns 630 fewer revolutions per mile. Over the past 100,000 miles that totals a whole big bunch of less wear and tear, less maintenance, and less fuel burned. Add that to the fact that she burns 87E10 100% of the time, for even more savings. Every time I get into that car, I figure it's paying me to drive her,lol.
As to fuel mileage;
With double overdrive and geared 65=1590, over a distance of 602 km/ 372 miles of steady-state driving, My Barracuda S clone, consumed less than a tankful of gas. I brought along my own Manitoba gas, and took pains to be accurate. Point to point, from my hometown to St Cloud Minnesota, she used 42 liters ,or 9.2 gallons Canadian, or 11.5 gallons US. and
372 miles/11.5g=
32 mpgUS.
The only things different from it's street tune, was the 600Holley model 1850 on top, that had previously been modified to run lean, and the dial-back timing device had been reset to be able to crank, what I thought was, ridiculously much timing into the program.
In the trunk, was the 750DP, and as soon as we pulled into the fairgrounds, the 600 swapped ends, and I think we burned more gas in the next two days just driving around, than that which we burned to get there,lol.
The plan for the trip home was the same. But just North of Minneapolis , a red Corvette came screaming past us........ so, since it was late in the day, I stayed with him for a few hours until it got dark; and then we stopped for sleep.
Trick question; if 65=1590, how much is 2900?
So forget fuel mileage coming home
