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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2699720" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>No I do not feel any derail at all, usually I derail threads,</p><p>My 1947 dodge runs 13.55 and gets 18mpg NO overdrive. No fuel injection just old school carb. 3.25 gears</p><p>My old 78 nova ran quicker than mid 11's would hit 176MPH in 3/4 of a mile same block and trans as my 47.</p><p>I had 2000 in the entire car, I am a tight wad.</p><p>My 47 I have 2500 in it. and it made 261Hp to the wheels At ABEL racing</p><p>If I could get the 5.3 with harness, transmission and all the driveshaft and accessories for 400 then I would probably try that path.</p><p>I have seen the harness strung out on the floor at a buddies place.. What a mess of wires.</p><p></p><p>He went with a carb and still has so many wires passing through the firewall you need a 1.75" hole to pass them all through.</p><p>I would be sad if I went with a 5.3 and got 18 mpg.. I would not be happy unless I could get upper 20's from that technology.</p><p></p><p>Not dissing the LS or new stuff but I have had plenty of cars(250 by the time I was 24)</p><p>I had a 1967 Newport custom 4 door that weighed 5,600lbs had the 383, I tuned the carb and delivered pizza in it in Moore at godfathers pizza.</p><p>It got 18MPG driving around town.. never went farther than draper lake.</p><p>My carbed 6000 lb 1984 ford E150 with 4" lift got 16.7 pulling my small bayliner to Eufaula or driving around town empty 2 barrel 302 with NO overdrive and 3.50 gears</p><p></p><p>So a car today with injection and OD should double that MPG. That was old crude stuff then.. The old carbed civic CVCC engine would get over 50 mpg.</p><p>Something went wrong somewhere with the MPG today that cars are getting.</p><p></p><p>I think it is the deal if they get really good MPG the CAFE standards for MPG will be increased too much and so they play it safe and keep MPG low. </p><p></p><p>I have used some newer chevy and ford trucks to pull a trailer with a car on them to places 400+ miles away and the MPG is worse pulling trailers than my 47 dodge with a trailer behind it.</p><p>The new trucks were friends stuff just a couple years old and under warranty. they would get 13.5 best with me driving.</p><p>They drive and the lead foot made them get in the 11's for mpg.. pretty sad.</p><p>almost makes me think for mpg they are cammed completely wrong for truck duty. always shifting up and down looking for power or the right gear the RPM is either too high and or too low and lugging.</p><p></p><p>One of these days I may get a busted car with an LS and start playing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2699720, member: 15054"] No I do not feel any derail at all, usually I derail threads, My 1947 dodge runs 13.55 and gets 18mpg NO overdrive. No fuel injection just old school carb. 3.25 gears My old 78 nova ran quicker than mid 11's would hit 176MPH in 3/4 of a mile same block and trans as my 47. I had 2000 in the entire car, I am a tight wad. My 47 I have 2500 in it. and it made 261Hp to the wheels At ABEL racing If I could get the 5.3 with harness, transmission and all the driveshaft and accessories for 400 then I would probably try that path. I have seen the harness strung out on the floor at a buddies place.. What a mess of wires. He went with a carb and still has so many wires passing through the firewall you need a 1.75" hole to pass them all through. I would be sad if I went with a 5.3 and got 18 mpg.. I would not be happy unless I could get upper 20's from that technology. Not dissing the LS or new stuff but I have had plenty of cars(250 by the time I was 24) I had a 1967 Newport custom 4 door that weighed 5,600lbs had the 383, I tuned the carb and delivered pizza in it in Moore at godfathers pizza. It got 18MPG driving around town.. never went farther than draper lake. My carbed 6000 lb 1984 ford E150 with 4" lift got 16.7 pulling my small bayliner to Eufaula or driving around town empty 2 barrel 302 with NO overdrive and 3.50 gears So a car today with injection and OD should double that MPG. That was old crude stuff then.. The old carbed civic CVCC engine would get over 50 mpg. Something went wrong somewhere with the MPG today that cars are getting. I think it is the deal if they get really good MPG the CAFE standards for MPG will be increased too much and so they play it safe and keep MPG low. I have used some newer chevy and ford trucks to pull a trailer with a car on them to places 400+ miles away and the MPG is worse pulling trailers than my 47 dodge with a trailer behind it. The new trucks were friends stuff just a couple years old and under warranty. they would get 13.5 best with me driving. They drive and the lead foot made them get in the 11's for mpg.. pretty sad. almost makes me think for mpg they are cammed completely wrong for truck duty. always shifting up and down looking for power or the right gear the RPM is either too high and or too low and lugging. One of these days I may get a busted car with an LS and start playing. [/QUOTE]
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