What's your secret? With my HS2s I get only 26MPG on the highway, and
about 28 with the Stromberg.
Doug Braun
At 11:56 AM 6/24/02 -0700, ralemen@cableone.net wrote:
>Well 1700+ miles and a week later I am back. 8 days of driving the spitfire.
>Major problems were electrics ( gauges and overdrive etc.) dropped one day as
>a fuse holder did not like the heat and the carb linkage got sticky and kept
>the idle high - of course this in the worst traffic of the trip at rush hour,
>heat and a road accident ahead causing traffic to grind to a halt....
>Mileage in the range of 34 -37 mpg US gallons). Note the car has twin SU HS4,
>pertronix, wide bore SS sports exhaust with SS 4-2-1- header and 40kv coil, so
>I was very pleasantly surprised.
>Lack of power on some miles long really steep hills was the only major
>drawback. Also when hot and under max loading (i.e. up one of those hills) I
>have a rattle than I have heard before many years ago but can't quite place.
>Normal spiritied driving is fine.
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