This gas guzzling conversation is interesting. I built myself an MGB
GT V8 because I liked the shape, liked the coupe protection, liked
the power - the Rover 3.5L puts out 200bhp. All this to ease my pain
from parting with my BJ8. But as to MPG the motor just ticks over
at 100kph and a long US trip got me 38MPG !!!!!!!!!!. Mind you it
is so new that the mechanical drag is minute. Funny thing is that
the GT V8 was discontinued when the oil crunch came back in the 70's
but it did and does much much better MPG than the iron block one
!!!!! The 1.8L iron engine and 3.5L aluminium engine weigh the same
within a few pounds.
By the bye, I sold my BJ8 because I was getting paranoid about it
getting scratched at shows etc etc. It was a 100 points car and I
was protecting it like a, like a, like a???
At 08:52 AM 6/9/2011, I Erbs wrote:
>The cost of gas is the entry fee for driving my Healey. It has been over 20
>years since it was a daily driver. Hitting the loud pedal is part of the
>fun. I have gotten 24+mpg and I have gotten 14+ mpg....depending on my
>mood;-)
>Cheers
>
>Ira Erbs
>IT Consultant
>Portland, OR
>
>sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because
>my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
>
>On Jun 9, 2011 2:36 AM, "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
> > It all comes down to the amount of lead in your RH shoe. An uprated
> > engine will usually be more efficient and will extract more power from
> > the same amount of fuel. This means that in theory you will use less
> > fuel travelling at the same constant speed. However, this is only true
> > if you use a feather light touch on the loud pedal but if there is the
> > extra power you tend to use it accelerating which will upset you MPG
>figure.
> >
> > Kees Oudesluijs
> >
> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name
>of coudesluijs.vcf]
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