75@2200ish? right on! My math says that's around 2.36 final drive ratio! That's the way to fly!
Thanks AJ, and actually my speedometer reads 5 slow.
It's really 80.
I verified it with a GPS speedometer, but I don't have a 2 tooth smaller gear for it. (33 tooth in it)
Nice, Greg. Glad to see your car is running so nice. Cool views also.
Thank you, it's a blast to drive.
Those pics were running next to Route 66 close to the AZ-NV border.
I like the speedometer did you buy it that way or create it? If you made it is it a decal or what?
Thank you.
I took the face off of the speedometer, sanded it down smooth and painted it white then used vinyl numbering and repainted the orange on the needle to match the aftermarket gauges to the left of it.
Thanks Tim.
I love that song and have it in the car already.
How does the motor pull with that bumpstick? You still likin it?
It runs great, and I really like how it has a mild lope when coming up to stops.
There's no chance of getting into the torque band out on the hiway in high gear, but there also isn't a mountain range or uphill that I have run across that I can't climb at 80 in converter lock @ 2,100-2,200 so that's good enough for a hiway driver I guess.
I do want to drop the secondary jetting a little more because on a big uphill climb in converter lockup I do get into the 11's on the A/F ratio when the secondaries get involved.
I only recorded the mileage on the way back and it's a lot of uphill going that direction, but still got right at 20.5 mpg even with some tire spinning playing around coming out of cul-de-sacs a little sideways on Hwy 89 from I40 to where I live.
Without the playing around and just normal driving like the pics above show, it will average 25 mpg or a little better.
I have never driven it purely to get the best mileage I could, because that not really a realistic measure.
