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While I would like the idea of a programmable EFI setup, it would probably cost as much as I have in the truck. Highway mileage at 70 average speed is 20 MPG. Now it will be fun to see what I can do overall, without the stump pulling torque destroyed by bucking and misfires at the perfect rate of acceleration to take advantage of the enormous low end grunt of the old tech 300-6. No air, rubber floor mats, not even a radio, combined with the lightest weight of the short bed and smaller differential. Heck I might even make an aero cap for it now!
I find myself liking the combination of old tech engine and new tech (relatively) multipoint EFI with cat and feedback systems with the Mazda transmission (.80 OD 5th). Another neat thing is it was build in Norfolk Virgina, the same city where I was born 61 years ago today. Plant has been closed for years now.
regards
Mech
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