What's your secret? With my HS2s I get only 26MPG on the highway, and about 28 with the Stromberg.
Doug Braun At 11:56 AM 6/24/02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Well 1700+ miles and a week later I am back. 8 days of driving the spitfire. Major >problems were electrics ( gauges and overdrive etc.) dropped one day as a fuse holder >did not like the heat and the carb linkage got sticky and kept the idle high - of >course this in the worst traffic of the trip at rush hour, heat and a road accident >ahead causing traffic to grind to a halt.... >Mileage in the range of 34 -37 mpg US gallons). Note the car has twin SU HS4, >pertronix, wide bore SS sports exhaust with SS 4-2-1- header and 40kv coil, so I was >very pleasantly surprised. >Lack of power on some miles long really steep hills was the only major drawback. Also >when hot and under max loading (i.e. up one of those hills) I have a rattle than I >have heard before many years ago but can't quite place. Normal spiritied driving is >fine. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
