Thread: Gas mileage king ;)

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Gas milage has got as much to do with how you drive as what you are driving.Turbo fours can really drink gas too,if you have to keep it up on boost.A big boat like an old Cadillac sedan with a 472 can give 20-22 mpg when driven modestly. Hank

Originally Posted by halftanked

A big boat like an old Cadillac sedan with a 472 can give 20-22 mpg when driven modestly. Hank

then why does my de smogged 80 chevy pick up with a 350 only get 6-8 mpg?!!!

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

then why does my de smogged 80 chevy pick up with a 350 only get 6-8 mpg?!!!

.......because it has the aerodynamics of a barn door, a tailgate that acts like a NA$CAR spoiler and a 5.88 set of rear gears maybe??

Heck, my V10 F350 only does 10-12 around town And it must have every smog control device known to man on it!!

I'm considering building a car with a motorcycle engine and lots of lightweight stuff like a tube frame, etc. With gas getting nuts it would be cool to have a little driver that got really good gas milage. I know squat about motorcycles though, so if and when I decide to do it I'll need some input from the bikers among us to help pick one with the right cc's and all to use as a donor.

I'd just buy a moped, but with some of the drivers we have down here I at least want SOME protection around me.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I'm considering building a car with a motorcycle engine and lots of lightweight stuff like a tube frame, etc. ......................
Don

Why not a little ricer 4 cyl engine - some of them will do even better then many bike motors

Originally Posted by IC2

Why not a little ricer 4 cyl engine - some of them will do even better then many bike motors

Good thought. I just assumed mc engines like the 750 cc ones would get fantastic milage. But you may have a good point, and the ricers run forever and are cheap. especially wrecked ones.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I'm considering building a car with a motorcycle engine and lots of lightweight stuff like a tube frame, etc. With gas getting nuts it would be cool to have a little driver that got really good gas milage. I know squat about motorcycles though, so if and when I decide to do it I'll need some input from the bikers among us to help pick one with the right cc's and all to use as a donor.

I'd just buy a moped, but with some of the drivers we have down here I at least want SOME protection around me.

Don

A number of years ago there was an outfit in, I think, Reno NV that made a T bucket kit that took any one of a variety of 4 cyl motorcycle engines. It was roughly a 3/4 maybe 7/8 scale car. I suspect market demand didn't support their long term existence. It's all about hp and weight in this context so I don't know that the motorcycle engine would have any particular advantage if there were a comparable small car engine (Aveo, Fit, and so on).

Originally Posted by IC2

.......because it has the aerodynamics of a barn door, a tailgate that acts like a NA$CAR spoiler and a 5.88 set of rear gears maybe??

Heck, my V10 F350 only does 10-12 around town And it must have every smog control device known to man on it!!

3:73's i got lucky being a stick helps somewhat to i guess

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

3:73's i got lucky being a stick helps somewhat to i guess

That ratio surprises me - my father in law had a '79 Chevy 2500 with a 350. If I recall, the final ratio and with a granny geared trans was in the 4.50 range and his mileage was horrible - like what you are getting. But by then in his life he only drove it 2 miles for coffee or 15 miles to my house to help me on my additions so it really didn't matter.