Guess what my car does to the gallon.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Tue Jun 05, 12 8:01 pm

NaughtyAlan wrote:
Mine does 4mpg

Oh, and yeah. This does not surprise me. Wossit cost you in burned rubber ??

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Jun 05, 12 8:52 pm

Our 500ci Stroker Dart with twin 750's on a Tunnel Ram did 3mpg if you took it easy....................4.56 gears and a Spool

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Tue Jun 05, 12 10:09 pm

I can get 15mpg if I cruise at 70 mph on the motorway. Usually more like 10-12 though. Stock 440 with 484 cam, 3.23 gears and 275/60 tyres.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Jun 05, 12 11:16 pm

Adam wrote: ...............Stock 440 with 484 cam, 3.23 gears and 275/60 tyres.

That should have Blues Gaydar pinging away merrily

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Tue Jun 05, 12 11:41 pm

200 miles to Santa Pod

. 440, 750cfm carb, 3" system & loud peddle down to the floor.
Cant wait

Don't forget that Mick uses his car as his daily so hats off to him @ 9mpg.
See you soon Mick

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jun 06, 12 9:17 am

One of the reasons I find it hard to let go of the Corvette. 17 mpg average but 25 mpg on a long run.

In those 50mph roadworks on the A1 I was getting 30mpg.

But it is *only* 350hp.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Jun 06, 12 9:25 am

Well Mick with the times it runs in basically an Old skool car, that's about as good as it gets. You clearly selected the combinations very well.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jun 06, 12 9:32 am

My Challenger did 13mpg on a long run,
about 4mpg average around town,
and at WOT on the track you would probably have had to measure it in yards per gallon.

Ian Z · Post by **Ian Z** » Wed Jun 06, 12 5:18 pm

I did the 120mile run up to York cupla years ago doing steady '65' on mway and used a 750vac and worked it out to about 14mpg based on the fill up.

Bananarama! tough keeping the box cool with 3000 stall and gay gears at that speed.

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Wed Jun 06, 12 5:35 pm

Mick70RR wrote:Well done Mark, 9mpg.

About what I expected. My old 383 Coronet did the same so this engine is doing well.

Those of you that think you can get 20mpg out of these cars and be able to drive them are dreaming.

thats sound about what I used to get with the old red 493 runner, but hand on my heart my stock/gay gears 383 runner used to use very little fuel compared to this, dont know exactly but proabably half what the red runner would use or about the same as what my 318 sat would use which also though wasnt eveil on fuel.
Green coronet is real evil can just about get to our local, 20 mile away cruise & back on a 50 ltr fuel cell

correct direction · Post by **correct direction** » Wed Jun 06, 12 5:49 pm

Hi Ian,hope to see you again at York,its been too long,dont forget all you guys plenty of good american bracket fun up north, thanks George Chiles.PS used to get 12 mpg with my old roadrunner on a run at a steady 65 mph,500cube with gear vendor overdrive

65Belvedere · Post by **65Belvedere** » Wed Jun 06, 12 6:35 pm

Get around 14mpg out of mine...

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jun 06, 12 6:40 pm

Hand on heart I used to get "up to" 20mpg out of my Challenger when it had a 750 Edelbrock on the stock iron dual plane manifold, stock HP exhaust manifolds, 284 duration MP cam, 2800 stall converter, and 3.23 gears.

Bryan S · Post by **Bryan S** » Wed Jun 06, 12 10:07 pm

Hope to get to the nostalgias at the end of the month,700ish miles round trip,fingers x 400 bangers covers the cost of fuel + entry + trying to race+fuel for that

Sun better be splitin the sky