8mpg in the city. this sux
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Car: 85 camaro z28
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8mpg in the city. this sux
8mpg in the city lite driving, almost a stock engine with a lil baby cam and the holley c950. i dont understand why i have such shitty gas milage. car run good. i had a shop tuned it, but i think i have bad iac, i waste aot of gas just starting up, alot of cranking. it doesnt smell or seem too rich. i was thinking leaking injector or some how tune is wayyyy off. no clue.
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux
8mpg in the city lite driving, almost a stock engine with a lil baby cam and the holley c950. i dont understand why i have such shitty gas milage. car run good. i had a shop tuned it, but i think i have bad iac, i waste aot of gas just starting up, alot of cranking. it doesnt smell or seem too rich. i was thinking leaking injector or some how tune is wayyyy off. no clue.
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Car: 85 camaro z28
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux
i cant see wasting that much more gas just starting up, i know it is using more but still.
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux
Look at the bold in lo-tec's quote. I think he was referring to your carb.
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Car: '82 Sport Coupe/'89 bird/'77 280z
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Transmission: TH350/T5/4 spd
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux
If the car has a cat it won't smell rich at all. Check the O2 voltage while you drive around or check with a wideband.
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux
Yeah something is def wrong with your car. With my setup in my sig I can consistently get 20mpg. Bone stock 350 would get in the neighborhood of 26-28 mpg
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