Turbo Gas Mileage Re: <VV> NO assistance needed in Georgia!

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Frank, if you got over 40 mpg in a Corvair turbo  you MUST have had vacuum 
advance in the ignition timing.  When I changed  from the stock pressure retard 
to vacuum advance, my mileage improved 22% on the  same drive back and forth 
to work every day.  In my opinion, this is the  major reason why TURBO Corvairs 
get so much worse mileage than the NA  Corvairs.
    Frank "likes turbos" Burkhard
    
 
In a message dated 6/4/2006 8:17:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

When I  drove my '64 Spyder for over 20 years, I drove it spiritly, even 
on  interstates. So, I thought 20 mpg was GREAT.
Typical mpg was less than 20  on interstates around here. Again, engine 
was turning 3500 rpm++ for most  of the trip, due to 3.55 gears and the 
heavy young man's foot. Around town  could be only 15 mpg.

Of course at one National I drove the economy run  like I wanted to win, 
and did, at over 40 mpg!!!

Frank  DuVal

Doug Mackintosh wrote:

>Hers is a turbo. It is possible  it was not fully topped off at the last 
fillup. Also, I doubt anyone was going  as slow as 70 on I-95, and I know she was 
estimating they were going about  80.
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>  >>  It's her daily driver so  you would think she would recognize when it 
>is 
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>>low, but the evidence says otherwise! She told her mom it  would go 3 
>>hours before they had to stop for gas, and since they  hadn't gone 
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>three 
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>>hours yet it must have plenty of  gas.