Bill.....Do me a favor and re-read the last bit of John's article. Surely he
must have said the fuel consumption with a Z-S would be higher, not the fuel
mileage?
In our experience, the early Bs (63 to 67) are the best, the smog-equipped
SU-carburetted cars a couple of mpg lower than that, then the Z-S cars
(which I forgot about when I posted my earlier response to Eric) are, in a
word, disappointing in terms of both performance and fuel consumption!
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>
To: Dan Ray <danray@bluegrass.net>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>; Eric Erickson
<eric@erickson.on.net>
Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel Consumption
>Dan Ray wrote:
>>
>> I would hazard a guess that good "average" fuel consumption for a B is
>> around 22 mpg. That is...the most I've gotten is 26.5 and the worst is
about
>> 19. I would say a good goal for max economy is 23-24 mpg.
>> Those are U.S., not Imperial gallons. You don't want me to calculate to
>> metric, do you? :) Actually, I had a neat little application that
converted
>> all measurements, but can't find it right now, darn it.
>>
>> Dan
>> 73 B
>>
>> >Is there such a thing as an "average" fuel consumption (or "ideal" fuel
>> >consumption) for a stock, standard MGB? If not, would anyone hazard any
>> >thoughts on such an average for a mostly city/suburban (some country)
>> >driven vehicle?
>
>I was thumbing through John Twist's Tech manual when I came across his
>comment on average MGB mileage. John believes that 25 mpg is the norm -
>for SU equipped cars. With a ZS - in proper condition - he says the
>mileage figure will be much higher (but he didn't give any numbers).
>
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