Small block mileage

skep419 said

My carbed 5.9 magnum has been getting 16mpg. Bone stock with a Edelbrock air gap, Holley mechanical 750, 10 initial 30 total, 87 swill, 727 3.23’s 28” tire.

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Hummm, your 5.9 works on 87. Mine likes the 89.
Hopefully I’ll be back in it before long. How did you curve the distributor?

lemondana said

When people say highway driving, 65 mph is quite a bit different that Interstate driving-75-85. 3.23's actually suck on the Interstate. Maybe most of you city slickers just putt around town all of the time. I grew up in a small town, Had to drive 15-20 miles just to get anywhere. I installed 4.10 gears in my 68 340 4 speed Dart one summer. When I pulled them out in the fall, I vowed never to use low gears in my cars again.

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Wllll, LOL, I just left Long Island where 3.23’s (or 3.55’s) are really good for an all around driver. The 2.76 and like gears, not so much.

Now I’m in middle Florida where a visit to any family or old friends require a interstate Hwy trip, those 2.76ers look really good. Around town, same gears as the island would do fine.