Best fuel mileage?

terry mason · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 06:21 PM

Took a trip out old 66 and up the Pacific Coast highway a couple of years ago and averaged 21mph. slab side with a 302 roller motor and t-5 3:5 9" 7500 miles in 31 days.
Great Trip!

Dwight · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 06:39 PM

last June I checked my mileage on the trip to London Cobra Show, 1130 miles. I got a little over 20 mpg.
I have a stroked 302 fuel injected making 400 rear wheel horsepower.

I think I would have got better but I drove 300 miles in the rain to get home, but I saved a little by getting blackballed on Main Street on my first run.

Dwight

mdross1 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2011, 06:38 AM

I don't remember ever checking milage.Maybe I just don't want to know.Course it would not matter what it is, the fun factor is over the top.Know for certain the motor is running at peak efficiency thats all that matters to me.

Silverback51 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-16-2011, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mdross1

I don't remember ever checking milage.Maybe I just don't want to know.Course it would not matter what it is, the fun factor is over the top.Know for certain the motor is running at peak efficiency thats all that matters to me.

I'm with you. The only reason I knew mine from the trip was because I had my credit card records, and I wrote down the mileage at the beginning and end of the trip.

PDUB · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by terry mason

Took a trip out old 66 and up the Pacific Coast highway a couple of years ago and averaged 21mph. slab side with a 302 roller motor and t-5 3:5 9" 7500 miles in 31 days.
Great Trip!

Dude, you need a real Cobra engine to get that speed up a lil' bit

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7500 miles in 31 days... that's like 11.5hrs a day behind the wheel at that speed... you must have had a sore

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