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[sergechronos]

got about what?

Lol meant to say got about 8mpg with it.

[onebadmollafolla]

[RealMcCoy]

My '69 SS396 had an L88 cam, 850 DP and 4:56 rear; cruising I would get 4-5, depending.

Running the highway was brutal and noisy, and fetched me 7 mpg, once.

What was really nuts was I actually thought the gears were a concession to drivability; I had a set of 5:13s on the shelf...


@Carlos-

I was buying gasoline for about .40/gallon - mileage wasn't a concern.

I was a few years later, I was paying 55-60 cents. I don't think you would have been very happy with the 5:13s unless you had some really tall street tires. My G60s with 4:88s had me almost floating the valves up top. I think that motor lived at 7200 RPM most days...

I had a Schneider hydraulic cam that was ground for the application. (my boss at the time was big into fast boats, and had them on speed dial...) 850 double pumper, Torker manifold, (Those old BBC torkers that turned the carb sideways were the shit back then... LOL ) 4:88 gears, and a switch-pitch TH400. (electrical switch on the shifter would switch it between 1900 or 3000 RPM stall...) All stuffed in a ratty looking 64 Chevelle SS.

I always hear people claim that the price of gas isn't much different today when adjusted for inflation... I"d like those idiots to explain one small detail to me. When I was 14-16 years old working in gas stations for minimum wage or slightly over, (don't remember specifics, but I believe around $3.50ish) I could buy 6-7 gallons of fuel for one hour of my gross pay... Do the math on that today....

[TT Eric]

Eric

[wingnut]

I was a few years later, I was paying 55-60 cents. I don't think you would have been very happy with the 5:13s unless you had some really tall street tires. My G60s with 4:88s had me almost floating the valves up top. I think that motor lived at 7200 RPM most days...

I had a Schneider hydraulic cam that was ground for the application. (my boss at the time was big into fast boats, and had them on speed dial...) 850 double pumper, Torker manifold, (Those old BBC torkers that turned the carb sideways were the shit back then... LOL ) 4:88 gears, and a switch-pitch TH400. (electrical switch on the shifter would switch it between 1900 or 3000 RPM stall...) All stuffed in a ratty looking 64 Chevelle SS.

I was even a bit later at ~75 cents with a 750 double pumper and M21 4 speed, off-shelf PAW cam (whatever happened to them) and the same dam torker square port manifold...which I still have on the shelf to this day

speaking of oddities...

[RealMcCoy]

[IPD]

I was a few years later, I was paying 55-60 cents. I don't think you would have been very happy with the 5:13s unless you had some really tall street tires. My G60s with 4:88s had me almost floating the valves up top. I think that motor lived at 7200 RPM most days...

I had a Schneider hydraulic cam that was ground for the application. (my boss at the time was big into fast boats, and had them on speed dial...) 850 double pumper, Torker manifold, (Those old BBC torkers that turned the carb sideways were the shit back then... LOL ) 4:88 gears, and a switch-pitch TH400. (electrical switch on the shifter would switch it between 1900 or 3000 RPM stall...) All stuffed in a ratty looking 64 Chevelle SS.

I always hear people claim that the price of gas isn't much different today when adjusted for inflation... I"d like those idiots to explain one small detail to me. When I was 14-16 years old working in gas stations for minimum wage or slightly over, (don't remember specifics, but I believe around $3.50ish) I could buy 6-7 gallons of fuel for one hour of my gross pay... Do the math on that today....

Part (not all) of that is due to the value of minimum wage, versus inflation.

And yes, I do remember being in college and filling up for $.69/gal on 87 octane.

[green-lantern]

I was even a bit later at ~75 cents with a 750 double pumper and M21 4 speed, off-shelf PAW cam (whatever happened to them) and the same dam torker square port manifold...which I still have on the shelf to this day

speaking of oddities...

I wonder if they make a home unit?

[rlacasse1]

Well, son of a b!tch. Don't know how true the "shot down" part is though. Malaysia Airlines is getting it rough this year.

Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine, 295 dead | Fox News

[NickS VR4]

Well, son of a b!tch. Don't know how true the "shot down" part is though. Malaysia Airlines is getting it rough this year.

Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine, 295 dead | Fox News

You ain't kidding. If it was shot down, what terrible luck.