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Originally posted by mikep
JKU72...
18mpg on a suburban and 15 mpg on a one ton big block with 4.10 gears? You must have one of those magnetic thingies that clamps to your fuel line and points the fuel molecules towards Mecca or one of those air cleaners that induces a manmade tornado in your carburetor.
I was happy to get 18mpg on the highway with my 6 cylinder 3 speed 69 C10.
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Mecca, eh? I could have sworn the sales guy told me it was Cleveland... something about the bipolar molecules in the stratomizer valve being aligned for proper flyback emissions stratification into the homogenizer circuit.
BTW, I've just run a mileage simulation on the Suburban config, and with a 3 mil application of Vaseline to the front bumper, it looks like we can squeeze another 1/2 mpg out of it. But the law of diminishing returns kicks in pretty quickly... if we coat the entire front end of the 'Burb, we only get another 1/4 on top of that, but at the cost of 3 quarts of petroleum jelly and a 55 gallon drum of degreaser when we want to de-lube the front end for car shows.
{smarta$$ mode off, as if that's actually possible to do}
Kenneth