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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jefferson, MD
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Is 12 mpg attainable
So here's the dilemma I'm faced with: my '79 is my winter driver, and in preparation, I've been driving the truck around for the past few days regularly. Good Lord, is this going to be an expensive winter...
![]() See, I've never gotten better than 8.5 mpg... last fill up was an appalling 4.5 (I think I have a fuel leak somewhere, but that's not the point of this topic). Anyways, my financial situation this winter is not conducive to sub-10mpg economy (I'm getting married in April)...I need to do something different. And so the question: is 12mpg feasible, given the following combination. -Olds 350, Quadrajet -TH400 -mud terrains out back -12-bolt, 3.73 open I like this truck a lot, and I really need to get some better fuel mileage out of it. Part of this is that I don't want to dump a bunch of parts at it in hopes of better fuel eco. I want to focus primarily on tuning, timing, etc. Is this possible?
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