I'm not a proponent of the 305, but doesn't if get better than 2 mpg?
Jon Elerath
jelerath@us.ibm.com
ADvent@thuntek.net@autox.team.net on 02/18/2000 03:28:58 PM
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To: Andy Johns <andy51chevy@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] ' 79 305 and S-10 motor mounts
everything else being equal, the 305 will give you about 2 mpg.
Andy Johns wrote:
> Thanks for all the in put. The reason I looking at a 305 was the better
gas
> mileage though. What would the gas mileage difference be between a 350
and
> a 305? I'm working on a 16 year old's budget so gas mileage is
important.
> I was recently told that anything less than a 327 would have to work so
hard
> to move the truck, that there wouldn't be much difference in Gas mileage.
I
> have heard of much smaller engines in the AD's though. Is this guy off
his
> rocker?
> The junk yards around here say $500 for a sound 350, and a 305 would be
> $375. That is another reason I chose the smaller engine.
> Thanks,
> Andy Johns
> 1951 3100
>
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