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My buddy and I went to the Hotrod Nationals at Woodburn Dragstrip today. Drove our Austin gassers so we could have some fun cruise time. I've never cared what I got for mileage, as I didn't build it to be an economy car, but he wanted to check his.
We filled our tanks prior to the trip and did a 100 mile roundtrip to the drags and back. Filled again when I got home and used just over 6 gal. of fuel! I averaged about 15 mpg with the 327 and 3.73 gears, going around 55-60 mph both ways, with very little stop and go traffic.
Was a pleasant surprise, and much better than I ever dreamed it would get. Were taking another trip up to the Cascade Mountains tomorrow, so more up and down driving. About the same distance, so see if it uses about the same amount of fuel.
We filled our tanks prior to the trip and did a 100 mile roundtrip to the drags and back. Filled again when I got home and used just over 6 gal. of fuel! I averaged about 15 mpg with the 327 and 3.73 gears, going around 55-60 mph both ways, with very little stop and go traffic.
Was a pleasant surprise, and much better than I ever dreamed it would get. Were taking another trip up to the Cascade Mountains tomorrow, so more up and down driving. About the same distance, so see if it uses about the same amount of fuel.