<VV> Advice needed: mods for best fuel mileage

[tkalp at cox.net]

Tom,

What kind of driving do you do.  A lot of highway?  . . .  a lot of stop and go?  How many miles a day.   Will you be adding weight to the car with tools and materials?

Terry Kalp

---- Tom Willcox <bakwudz at rcn.com> wrote: 
> Hi everyone!
> 
> With the current state of affairs regarding fuel prices, I have decided to 
> put my 65 Monza sedan back on the road in an effort to cut daily driving 
> expenses (well, I also miss driving a Corvair! <g>).  My regular ride is a 
> 87 Chevy G20 van 305/auto (anybody want to trade me a Greenbriar? :) that I 
> use for my handyman business.
> 
> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has any advice regarding low-buck mods to 
> the car to save fuel--I am not concerned with power loss, just want to make 
> the car as economical as possible for a "daily driver", and also keeping in 
> mind long term durability .
> 
> Subject car currently has a fairly healthy 65 110 engine rebuilt ~ 10k ago 
> w/ forged pistons (pretty much stock rebuild otherwise), mated to a 66 4 
> speed trans and 66 3.55 differential.  No A/C.  Otherwise, everything is 
> stock except for a Pertronix ignition, Clark's dual 140 style 110 exhaust 
> and Seth's wires.  Car also has a S-10 front air dam.  Tires are 185/80R-13.
> 
> I have a set of 95 heads to put on the car, if that would help--I am 
> considering this more or less to be able to run regular fuel, since that is 
> also a goal of mine.  If a diff/trans swap is reccommended, I would be 
> willing to swap in just about anything I could trade for (preferably keeping 
> it a 4 speed).
> 
> Any ideas?  Advice is mucho appreciated!
> 
> Tom Willcox
> Allentown, PA 
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