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Old 10-30-2010, 01:22 AM   #12
protrash64
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Re: #3 The Sickness Continues

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Originally Posted by Captainfab View Post
Nice addition Jeff

There's bound to be several things you can do to try and increase the MPG's. A good tune up, and maybe some tweaking on the carb. What carb does it have? I've found a +1MPG increase in just switching to an HEI.
Thanx Cap'n!! It's currently sporting an Edelbrock 1406 which I believe is a 600cfm unit. I'm pretty sure the air cleaner will help along with a set of plugs. I will at some point be doing a service on everything.

One hindrance to better mileage may be the t400. It's a little HD for the 283. I also dont know what the PO was used to driving; he had 2 econoboxes in the driveway.
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