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What's your MPG?????

Rig: 87 K5
Motor: mildly built 350
Tire size: 37' ssr's on steelies
Gear Ratio: 4.56
Miles Per Gallon: around 8, depends, i wheel on every tank of gas so just an educated guess, alot worse without shell and doors on highway
 
1990 K5
350 Stock w/118,000 miles
3.73 gears, 31" tires
on a 26 gallon fill-up (31 gallon tank)

average around town and rural back-roads..

240 miles and 8-10 quarts of oil (smoked like a mosquito fogger...)



currently .001 mpg (motor stripped, waiting to be swapped out
so figuring the inch or so it rolled in my driveway over the last 8 months
and how much gas has probably evaporated from the tank... :o :o )
 
So, from what ive seen here, it may be a good investment to buy a crate motor and a 4 speed tranny. Seems it would almost tripple my MPG and being that this is my daily driver, that means a lot of money. I work in a different city than I live, so I spend over $20 in gas EVERY DAY...... Anyone wanna give me an offer on a carberated 350 with RV cam and about 5000 miles on rebuild and no leaks, turbo 350 tranny and 208? PM me
 
Turbo 350 is a 3 speed tranny, and the worst of the big 4... If you want a rig that will do well on gas, put in a 5 speed manual or a 700R4... not a TH350
 
tRustyK5 said:
Hate life? Not at all, I get about the same mileage you do on the freeway, but average 15+ in town...on 39.5's. :D

Rene
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That statement didn't apply to you Rene... you drive a diesel... =)
 
'85 blazer
goodwrench 350 original 85 "rottenchester"
700 r 4
35-12.50-15
4.56 warn full float
13mpg at 70+
 
Rig: 1982 K20

Motor: 350ci w/edelbrock 600cfm

Tranny: 700r4

Rear End: 4.10

Tires: 35 x 12.5 x 17

MPG: Average 8. Worst Ever 7, Best Ever 11, that I have checked.
 
google said:
So, from what ive seen here, it may be a good investment to buy a crate motor and a 4 speed tranny. Seems it would almost tripple my MPG and being that this is my daily driver, that means a lot of money. I work in a different city than I live, so I spend over $20 in gas EVERY DAY...... Anyone wanna give me an offer on a carberated 350 with RV cam and about 5000 miles on rebuild and no leaks, turbo 350 tranny and 208? PM me
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For mileage you cannot beat a 6.2 with a 700-R4 IMHO (or an NV4500). There are several guys here that get low to mid 20's while running 33's, 35's etc etc. My mileage would certainly be right around 20-21 with an overdrive. Even without an overdrive i spend about half as much on fuel as i used to.

Also, because it's mechanically injected there is no computer to mess with and it'll run at any angle without stalling or flooding out.

Just food for thought.

Rene
 
Rig: 87
Motor: 350 TBI
Tire size: 31-10.50's
Gear Ratio: 3.08
Miles Per Gallon: 9-10 in city, hadn't had the balls enought to drive it on a long trip.
tranny: 700R
 
A 6.2 would be great, if I had that kind of money. I don't though, so trading my tranny for a rebuilt one for $400 or so is about my limit for now. I may just put my engine and tranny up for auction on ebay and buy what I need after that. I figure I could prolly get $1500 or so for the rebuilt 350 and th350 and 208. What do you guys think?
 
83 k20
carbed 355 with comp 4x4 extreme cam
sm465
35s
3.42s

9 city and 12 highway

im curently putting 4.10s in and hope it doesn't get worse.
 
Rig: 83 Blazer

Motor: 305

Tire size: 33x12.50x15

Gear Ratio: 3.73

Miles Per Gallon: 15 mpg average

Basically I can go from East Mesa to Bartlett lake , play , and come back to East Mesa and have 3/4 tank left . Or Table Mesa and have 1/2 tank or so left :pimp:
 
pauly383k10 said:
Rig: 83 Blazer

Motor: 305

Tire size: 33x12.50x15

Gear Ratio: 3.73

Miles Per Gallon: 15 mpg average

Basically I can go from East Mesa to Bartlett lake , play , and come back to East Mesa and have 3/4 tank left . Or Table Mesa and have 1/2 tank or so left :pimp:
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I can drive to mesa and back to Casa Grande twice.... :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
84 Blazer

Motor: 305

Trans: 700r4

Tires: 35x12.5

Axles and Gears: 10b w/3.73

MPG: 10-13 mpg..... could be more if I didnt I qoute from Pauly "Like Mario Andretti" ... :p:
 
google said:
I can drive to mesa and back to Casa Grande twice.... :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Its all in my feathering the pedal technique , I try to keep in the sweet spot , leave each stop light the same and keep a constant pedal opening from start to last shift , all on the q-jets primaries , and I am real anal about maintaining my truck , like an air cleaner a month etc :D
 
Rig: 90 sub

Motor: 350tbi

Trans: th400

Tire size: 36x12.50 swampers

Gear Ratio: 4.10

Miles Per Gallon: between 8-10mpg
 
73 Blazer
Goodwrench crate 350 installed about 12 years ago
4.56
Turbo 350
39.5 bias ply IROKs
MPG 85mph=6 75mph =6 70mph=7 65mph= 9
 
'90 Burb, 4" lift
TBI 350, headers, exhaust, intake, chip, balanced injectors, afpr, tb and fi spacers.
4.56
700r4
285/75/16 FCIIs (33x11 or so)
18+ hwy (depends on speed, last I checked was about 75 mph), less around town, but probably 13+ havent checked city mpg after 3/4 ton conversion...

I think I could get over 20 mpg hwy, 15+ city if I swapped to Vortec heads, upped the cr, different cam, and mess with the ECM a little.
 
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