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Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 2,460
Likes: 352
From: Madison Alabama
The '82s get great mileage due to the 700R4 tranny with OD. I can turn 25 ~ 26 Hwy but only 17~18 in town. FWIW, the Z gets a solid 18 in town and an amazing 29 Hwy...I think it's making gas in 6th gear 
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 11,891
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From: Kansas City, MO ...I'd like to go fishing and catch a fishstick. That'd be convenient. - Mitch Hedberg
My '80 4 speed with the same final drive gear ratios as your car can pull 19mpg 50% highway/50% city if I'm super light on the throttle and only use 1st and 4th gears
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,135
Likes: 2
From: Dayton Oh
Originally Posted by RedBad1979
I have a L-48 bottom with Edelbrock heads, cam, intake and carb. With 3.55 gears I'm getting around 11-13 mpg no matter what I do... at 65mph it's already screaming 
My 79 with 3.55 gears was about the same until I switched to a Bowtie 2004R. Now I'm 20MPG highway.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 8,339
Likes: 24
From: I can walk to MA
This is one thing I don't miss with the vette stuck in the garage.
... just calculated 52MPG from my last fillup of my DD.
I'm thinking of a C4 vert - so I can afford to drive a vette.
... just calculated 52MPG from my last fillup of my DD.
I'm thinking of a C4 vert - so I can afford to drive a vette.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,071
Likes: 0
From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by RedBad1979
I have a L-48 bottom with Edelbrock heads, cam, intake and carb. With 3.55 gears I'm getting around 11-13 mpg no matter what I do... at 65mph it's already screaming
q-jet > carter
My best mileage has been with my q-jet, never seen anyone with the same drivetrain get even close to the same gas mileage I've gotten with it before.
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Pro
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 675
Likes: 0
From: Kinzers. PA
Thank you guys your great, I was jw because once i get my brakes and licence, it is my dd, to and from high school is about 9 miles one way. Then my g/fs is 12 miles one way..
So 15mpg wont be that bad, Considering my one bro gets 9, but my oldest bro(with the tuner) gets high 20's
So 15mpg wont be that bad, Considering my one bro gets 9, but my oldest bro(with the tuner) gets high 20's
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,634
Likes: 4
From: Northern NJ
St. Jude Donor '04 & '05
Probably right about 15 average between city and highway on my 75 4spd. However with these cars, I personally prefer to measure it in "smiles per gallon".
Good luck w/your new moneypit!
(and they are all moneypits, at one level or another)
Good luck w/your new moneypit!
(and they are all moneypits, at one level or another)