<VV> Leaning Out the Midrange (Long and Boring)

[Eric S. Eberhard]

My stock 102 hp wagon with 4 speed gets 18-20 at 70-75, my Spyder and 
supercharged 102 get closer to 16 at same speed.  I agree that these 
are more normal figures.

At 11:28 PM 12/28/2005, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/27/05 7:19:53 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>brentcovey at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > That car should be at least as easy to propel as the orginal badly aligned
> > bias ply tire new Corvair was and a regular 110/Powerglide/3.27 gets around
> > 18-20 in town and 26-28 on the highway.
>
>All,
>While I highly respect Brent and appreciate his sharing Corvair knowledge
>with us all, I have to be critical of these gas mileage figures. 
>They are just
>unrealistically too high!. Chevrolet's own data place mileage 
>figures closer to
>20 MPG at 60 mph for a 110 hp MT w/3.27.  A PG would be worse. And 
>none of the
>car test mags ever got mileage this high (as Brent's). The Corvair was always
>known for its sweet handling and sporty performance, but as for gas
>mileage......it was always ranked as poor to moderate by them.
>
>Regards,
>Bob Helt
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