How many miles do you get on a fill-up?

[NorCal]

My gas gauge doesn’t work, but my speedometer is pretty accurate. Curios to know how many miles do you get on a full tank(s)?

 

[nsbluenose]

My Singer with 1966 Alpine driveline; stock 1725 except for Weber 32/36, non-overdrive transmission gives about 310-320 miles per tank full, 45 litre tank or 10 imperial gallons. That is steady highway driving at 60-65 mph. City driving gives less, but I have never attempted an accurate measurement of that.

 

[Bill Blue]

Depends on the fill up. I find almost every fill up fills the tank to a different level. That is with a car with fender tanks. Other than that, my experience is meaningless to you due to the non stock nature of the car.

 

[Aladin Sane]

I once had a 71 Ford Bronco, with much the same engine that I am putting in my Alger project. That truck had two tanks as well, but they were only a 5 and an 8 gallon tank. I was not able to drive by many gas stations without having to stop and fill up. Since the alpine is lighter, I am hoping for slightly increased range.

 

[husky drvr]

My Singer with 1966 Alpine driveline; stock 1725 except for Weber 32/36, non-overdrive transmission gives about 310-320 miles per tank full, 45 litre tank or 10 imperial gallons. That is steady highway driving at 60-65 mph. City driving gives less, but I have never attempted an accurate measurement of that.

Converting IMP. gallons to US gallons, would be around 26 MPG in the US. Maybe a bit more, depending on how close to dry nsbluenose's tank is normally when refilled.

 

[nsbluenose]

That is correct, about 26 miles per US gallon. At highway driving. Fill up would be 11.9 US gallons, if allowed to run dry.

 

[NorCal]

Thanks, 11.9 gallon x 17-20 mpg, so around 200 miles be looking to fill up.

 

[Alpine 1789]

Converting IMP. gallons to US gallons...

Not to hijack this thread, but since NorCal has his answer, I thought I'd share this story re: IMP/US gallons. I always knew their gallons were more, but didn't know why. I asked an English friend about this when I first moved to England in 1995.

ME: "How many quarts in a gallon?"
HIM: "Four."
ME: "Same as us. Hmm. How many pints in a quart?"
HIM: "Two."
ME: "Same again. Hmm. How many cups in a pint?"
HIM: "What is a cup?"
ME: "OK. Skip that. How many ounces in a pint?"
HIM: "20."
ME: "Ah ha!"​

Besides explaining the difference between Imperial and US gallons, it also explained why I felt very different after a pint in England than in the US!