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38/38 gas mileage FYI

Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart

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I took a trip in the old Alpine from Atlanta to Ft Benning to see the Infantry Museum. Anyway I was on back country roads w/ a stop sign or traffic light here and there and in O/D most of the time. W/ the 38/38 I got around 30 MPG. On the way back I took the interstate running around 3500 rpm in O/D and got about the same. I did not use my odometer but went by the trip meter on a friend's '91 911.
 
64beam

64beam

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Hi Jeb,

That is a great return for the modification. Power and excellent economy when required. I think more people will look at these for an upgrade after such a good reference :).

Regards, Robin.
 
Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart

Platinum Level Sponsor
I have a stock 1600 - the original but rebuilt. The heads were opened up a little and I don't know if it made any difference. I was not doing the boy racer thing like up on the mountain roads just cruising along on flat back country roads in O/D. I don't know what my mileage is normally because my speedo is not for O/D but I am sure not nearly as good because I live in the city and I love tacting it up (it's that raspy sound the exhaust makes when I shift).
It's not how fast you go but how fast you feel you're going that counts. And in an Alpine you don't have to go very fast to feel like you're flying.
 
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