I'm glad to hear everyone else is having such good luck with high
MPG's. Unfortunately, I don't seem to do so well. My LBC is a 1960
MGA 1600 and last time I bought gas I averaged about 16 MPG in daily
around town driving. The car has 90K on original engine and tranny,
and fouls plugs on the shelves of autoparts stores when I drive by.
But if I lean out the mixture it won't run. Carbs were just rebuilt,
didn't help. I'm fighting a losing battle against friction somewhere!
And if that isn't bad enough, my other LBC (this one a Large British
Coupe) gets around 11 MPG. But that was expected as its a '76 XJ6C.
However, as it can be seen from other people's reports, mileage in
LBC's is in general very good. My brother had a '77 B that got
around 30 MPG on the highway. Perhaps a bigger problem is the MPQ
(eg Castrol) in LBC's....
Paul
(doddp@ecn.purdue.edu)
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