My best truck-drafting leg out of LotO back to CA was 44mpg. With a TURBO!!
5-sp/3.9ratio 1275. (A well tuned homebrew fuel injection system helped
more than a bit and shows what is possible.) It also helped power over the
Rockies and the Sierra, from sea level, twice each without any re-tuning.
The engines have good potential hiding within. The worst leg was 22mpg
right after leaving LotO and heading right into a huge windstorm for an
entire tankful until I turned west. No truck to hide behind.
Glen
> >
> A well tuned breathed on 1275/5 speed and cruise control will get you 42
> mpg on the highway.
> That's what I was getting to and fro last summer's Missouri trip.
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