That's about right for a BJ8. Black specks is from old carbon
deposits in exhaust liberated by water condensate - not an indication
of richness. If it smells rich probably you are lifting dashpot
pistons too high during adjustment and thus are off a bit.
On 6/10/11, Greg Mandas <gmandas at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Any ideas on what MPG a 65 BJ8, non-restored motor should be getting?
> I just did a highway mileage check and got 18.
>
> I'm thinking I should get better. I set the carbs up by the book. The plugs
> are dirty brown, not black, but the exhaust smells rich and spits little
> black
> specks all over the trunk and my pants.
>
> Greg
> 65BJ8
>
> Sent from my iPhone so please excuse typos and brevity.
>
>
> On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:52 AM, I Erbs <eyera3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The cost of gas is the entry fee for driving my Healey. It has been over
>> 20
>> years since it was a daily driver. Hitting the loud pedal is part of the
>> fun. I have gotten 24+mpg and I have gotten 14+ mpg....depending on my
>> mood;-)
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ira Erbs
>> IT Consultant
>> Portland, OR
>>
>> sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections
>> because
>> my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2011 2:36 AM, "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>>> It all comes down to the amount of lead in your RH shoe. An uprated
>>> engine will usually be more efficient and will extract more power from
>>> the same amount of fuel. This means that in theory you will use less
>>> fuel travelling at the same constant speed. However, this is only true
>>> if you use a feather light touch on the loud pedal but if there is the
>>> extra power you tend to use it accelerating which will upset you MPG
>> figure.
>>>
>>> Kees Oudesluijs
>>>
>>> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name
>> of coudesluijs.vcf]
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