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A 5.0L in a Swedish brick sounds like fun! The curb weight of my car is right around 3000 lbs. It gives the 105 horses (when it was new at least!) something to do.
When you factor in my $400 purchase price, there really is no point in modifying anything on this car, especially considering how short my commute is. At today's $1.23/L ($4.56/gal including currency difference), my 13.0 km daily commute at [hopefully] 14.1L/100km (16.6 US MPG), 5 days a week, costs $11.27 per week. THAT is cheap.
This thread isn't about modifications. It is an exercise to see what affects mileage of an old beater. I am going to fill up again soon to see how my tune-up affected mileage. On the next tank I will try to implement some hypermiling techniques, if at all possible with a 3000 lb worn-out carbureted car with a non-lock up torque converter. My commute has 5 stop signs and 2 traffic lights, usually with congestion during the rush, and that sure doesn't help.
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