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Re: mileage question

To: Bob & Linda Norway <examiner@scci.net>, ualbert@juno.com
Subject: Re: mileage question
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 08:55:24
My '79 Spit with a Weber DGAV and headers also gets about 230 - 240 miles a
tank, and I drive it pretty hard.  (I do have an overdrive, but most of my
drivning is city)

Patrick Bowen

At 07:00 PM 8/7/98 -0400, Bob & Linda Norway wrote:
>ualbert@juno.com wrote:
>
>> I got a quickie. I just ran out of gas on the road 2 days ago(i really
>> gotta fix that fuel meter). and the trip odometer indicated that I got
>> 175 miles to the whole tank. For a '79 Spit with a single Stromberg carb,
>> does this sound high, low, or just about right? Heh. After filling up I
>> now have a fuel meter that reads 2 hairlines below 3/4ths. Looks like I
>> have a weekend project ahead of me.
>>
>
>I have a 76 Spit with the same setup and get about 230-240 miles out of  a
>tank.
>
>Cheers
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>--
>Bob & Linda Norway
>Rockledge, Fl
>THE SPACE COAST
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