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Old 08-04-2010, 09:25 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MARTINSR View Post
...The only test I know was the Mobil "Economy run" in 1959 where they got something like 26 mpg average with the car on a 1400 mile trip. Pretty impressive but with removing some of the obvious mph robbers like the four blade steel fan and the worse exhaust manifold known to man, I would think I can make some big jumps in the efficiency...
How about those square'd holes (I forgot what they are called, near the headers/cylinders?
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