1978 Chevy Truck gas mileage

186,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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STEVOCHAR
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I have a 78 chevy c10 p-up w/ a crate 350 stock, long headers, edelbrock rpm dual plane, dual exhaust, 700r4 tranny w/ a shift kit and 2400 stall.. stock rear, no cam, holley 600cfm street vac sec carb. I am only getting 10 mpg city.. is this normal? should I ivvest in a fuel injection set up? maybe a holley commander 4-bbl 700 cfm tbi? any tricks to squeeze more mileage w/out killing the performance??.. thx steve
Feb 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM
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BOWTIE BABY
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Fuel inj will most likely improve gpm but you should check to make sure everything is adjusted correctly before investing that amount of money. Check the timing, carb adjust, detent cable, and throttle cable.
Feb 5, 2009 at 6:51 PM
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