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Old 05-14-2010, 07:16 AM   #26
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Re: engines and mileage

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I quit carring about MPG,now it's SMILES per mile!!

.That's the way I feel about my 502 @ 13 mpg !!!
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Old 05-14-2010, 07:42 AM   #27
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duno what i get mpg but i get there.....during the summer i flip the breather top,i find this seems to help,nice of gm to make to breather tops work like that,cars too!!Anybody else try this?
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Old 05-15-2010, 09:13 AM   #28
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Re: engines and mileage

That's how I ran my old 84 Caprice that I had during the summer time.
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Old 05-23-2010, 08:45 AM   #29
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Re: engines and mileage

my 305 gets 15 on a good day but put it in traffic an i'm getting gallons to the mile
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Old 05-23-2010, 09:20 AM   #30
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Re: engines and mileage

For proper mpg checking, I suggest using a GPS to check your mileage. An odometer discrepency can cause over-confidence (I've learned this personally). No matter how perfect you think your tire/gear/trans speedo is setup, it may be off by a bit. And while it isn't much, it skews the data big time over long miles (which is what you usually go by for mpg).
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