Re: [T3] HP Figures 65-73 (was carb conversion)

["Erik Litchy" <litchy@insightbb.com>]

> 
> Yeah, I think that's the big qualification to his
> statement... 
> 
> > I feel bad that my own type 3s don't do any better
> > on gas mileage than they do
> 
> Which brings me to another question... Jake Raby talks
> of averaging 35mpg on his Type IV engine recently...
> What follows are generalities that make me think maybe
> I should eventually get a Type III that someone's
> already taken the FI off (knowing it's heresy to do so
> myself :) ) and drop in a Type IV:
> 
> If people usually get 100,000 miles out of their
> TypeIII engine at 25mpg, it would eat 4000 gallons of
> gas over its lifetime. That's $6500 at $1.60 a gallon.
> 
> Assuming you can get 200,000 miles out of a Type IV
> engine (Raby says it's rare you even need an align
> bore after 200K), the Type IV at 35mpg would eat 5714
> gallons of gas. That's 1714 gallons extra to go double
> the miles, or $2742 more.
> 
> Talk about saving gasoline!
> 
> =====

woah how do they get 10 mpg more?

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