Post your cruising rpms @60mph
 

Post your set up,

383 small cam headers intake q-jet 3" exhaust
200-4r
3.08
29.4" tires 255/45/20

Getting roughly 16.5 mpg

Rpm@60= 1300 roughly
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454 781 heads
Edelbrock 750 and Performer
Headers
Torque ground cam and roller rockers
4L80E
3.73
32" tires
1850@60

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don't have the tach hook'd up yet but it sound's like 12000 at 60 MPH, I need overdrive and a 3.73 gear bad !

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Stock 305 smokes and burns oil. 31 inch tires. SM465 creeper box with 3.08 gears. 2000 at 60
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26.5 tires and 3:73 gears and th350. 3000rpm at 60mph 3500 at 70mph which is where I cruise at haha. I need a nice 200r4
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28" tires 3.73 gears and a nv3500, roughly like 2200-2500 rpms around 70-75

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Stock 305
Edelbrock 1406
700r4
No clue rear gears
235/75/15
1750 @ 60
1950-2000 @ 72
about 22 mpg

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My 200-4r was free ha, I have an older friend and he can not stand o/d auto trannies. He is a hot rod guy and... MOPAR. Any way I'm thinking of swapping gears to raise my rpms. I think 1200-1400 is too few rpms for a first gen sbc.

Keep posting them up!
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Tell him about the MOPAR A833 manual overdrive trans that you could get in these trucks....

http://www.customclassictrucks.com/t..._transmission/

K

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3.42 :metal:

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My father had an 87 short bed 2WD, 4 speed manual with OD. He loved it.

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Just tested out this morning:

60 MPH
1,600 RPM's
350/700r4
4.10 gears
35" Tires

70 MPH
1,900 RPM's

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60 mph
350 with vortec heads
4L80e
4.10

2000 rpm
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I didn't know that, I think he has a couple of these laying around. Right now he is building a t-bucket powered by a 283 with corvette intake with 2 4 barrels and a Saginaw 4 speed.

I have 2 sets if gears, 3.08 and 4.56. Everyone says no to 4.56 but my rpms will be at 2100 at 60 and furthest I drive the truck is like 45 miles and the speed limits are 55 around here.
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At 65mph I'm only doing 1400 RPM so at 80:

87
TBI 5.7L
2.73's
700R4
.7 final drive gear
80mph@1800 RPM
17mpg Highway 14 city

I used to think something was wrong with my RPM gauge.

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This is a useful thread, as it caused me to notice a discrepancy in my rig:

1980 K10 Suburban
350/TH350 & NP205
32" Cooper Disco STT's
~2400 rpm @ 60mph
~2700 rpm @ 70mph

The SPID says its supposed to have 3.42 gears, but the tach doesn't lie and it sure looks like they are actually 3.73's
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My old 79 had 3.08's and a 2004-R so I was about 1500@80mph. With a stock vortec 350 with RPM intake, 600 edelbrock carb, 2" ramhorns with 2.5" exhaust I'd get 16mpg freeway when I was lucky. I never did get the carb dialed in.

My 78 has never gotten anything other then 10mpg combined, and thats with 3 different engines.

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I don't ever get on the interstate, all my driving is on a 2 lane highway and small towns. I live in a rural area woo! The 16.5 mpg is a combined amount between city and highway.
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What's your final gear in the trans? That will tell you

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haven't had my truck up to 60 in awhile, for fuel sake i cruise at 55 & my tach hangs at 2800
'85 crew, 454 (efi), t400, 205, 4:56's, 38.5" tires

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I was just looking at your sound proofing the other day, you have a nice truck!
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Ls1, 4l60, 3.73 with a 29" tire I'm around 1800 ish at 60. Cruising at 75 I was averaging 19.5...
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No need to come in here and make us feel bad! Haha
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How much would you say that your conversion cost you, in the end? I'm trying to gather up data on what I should pay for my 5.3 swap next year.

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Hehe

Ehhh I probably have around 4k in it. My biggest expense though was I bought the parts little by little as I had the cash and found a deal. I completely rebuilt my engine, new pistons, rods, crank, cam, springs etc. it was a new engine when I installed it. Also I bought a fully built trans and new converter. If you go 5.3 take out and can get say an engine and trans with the accessories and wiring, you should easily come under 2k total. I was just picky and wanted the aluminum 5.7 rather then an iron block so they tend to me a bit more expensive.
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