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Anyone with ZZ4 or ZZ430 read this

Old 07-24-2000, 11:22 AM
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Anyone with ZZ4 or ZZ430 read this

Please specify the mpg your car gets. Specify auto or manual and OD or not. Also tell me what your final drive gear ratio is. Im just curious how bad these engines suck gas from our cars.

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Car: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 355 TPI siamesed runners
Transmission: Tremec T56
Axle/Gears: 12-Bolt 3.73
I dont have a ZZ4, but I have the ZZ4 cam and heads. I get about 20-22 MPG highway and about 15-17 city. I have a T5 with 3.42 gears.

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Old 07-24-2000, 05:56 PM
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Car: 1989 Camaro IROC-Z28
Engine: D1SC Procharged 350
Transmission: D&D Performance built T-56
Axle/Gears: Moser 12-bolt 3.90
I have a ZZ4 with TPI(read the sig), with a 700R4 and 2.77:1 rearend gears and get about 18-20 in the city depending on how hard I drive it.

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I have a zz4 in a 56 ford F-100 P/U w/ 700-r4, holley 750 V/S, 2200 stall lock-up converter, 3.70 detroit locker, 28" tall rear tire, and get 14 MPG in the city having fun (READ: floggin' the hell outa it). Haven't done any straight highway but man with that many true ponies and 14 MPG it's one helleva ride.

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