Hey thanks, guudasitgets! It's been a while since I was a master mechanic for the GM dealership, but I do remember some of the things the guys were doing in the '80s fuel crunch. It's too bad that you can't just recurve your distributor any more, play with carb jetting, and stuff like that. All computerized now...
Dad was a dirt track racer in the '50s, so it's kinda in my blood. I got the "brake pedal is my enemy" game from INDY/NASCAR, for when a car needs to conserve fuel. (Yeah, I know... not an eco-conscious source
) Which reminds me of an old speed-shifting trick which I need to put on the EV blog somewhere, for the guys who have EVs with no clutch. (File every other tooth off of certain gears, so they mesh easier when shifting.) I can't remember which ones, and it's been 50 years since Dad was doing it to the old '49-'51 Fords, so it may be a lost art. I'll ask him and see if he remembers...
