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Old 10-09-2019, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by moontower69 View Post
NOTHING is gonna give you a 20 MPG set up. I've tried the 2.56 rear end and had the 700R4 with the lockup and the Q Jet "tuned" for high gas mileage, etc.
Disagree, pure highway cruising we got just over 20 MPG.
80 Firebird with two men. 455 engine - 310 CFM heads, hyd roller, 2004R with PTC 3200 stall - locked up. 56 Miles/ 10.2 Liters of gas consumed. RPM was right about 1700 RPM for the drive. Owner spent many hours tweaking the fuel and timing curves. Autometer speedo was calibrated less than 1% error.