[Spridgets] Runs great, but terrible mileage

[cmanuel at wi.rr.com]

The engine is a 1275 from '73, desmogged.  Stock SU carbs, ribcase from same year as far as I can tell, original stock rear end.

I figure I'm getting around 18 to 22 mpg

---- Bill L <pythias at pacifier.com> wrote: 
> Hello Chris,
> 
>      Terrible fuel economy? Which carbs? Which rear end? Which tranny?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Bill L.                           mailto:pythias at pacifier.com
>  
>  '66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403   "the red thing"
>  
>       * "My garden needs another layer of mulch," Tom repeated.