<VV> How accurate is your fuel gauge?

[shortle]

My 1963 Rampside stays at full awhile, then goes to 3/4 , then to a half fairly quickly even though at that point (1/2 tank) I can only get 6 gallons more into it.If I keep running it once I get to E if I slow to a sudden stop gauge will jump up a bit indicating to me the actual amount of gas in the tank.I have grown used to this arrangement. 
And now I have 1 of the 95HP heads installed. Good bye 140's. No thanks to them.
(This should be on my post "cylinder heads for reliability").
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado.

-----Original Message-----
>From: J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Nov 27, 2007 6:16 PM
>To: David Fasgold <dfasgold at yahoo.com>, Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> How accurate is your fuel gauge?
>
>If it is working as designed, it will show E with 4 gallons left.  The tank 
>(cars) is 14 gallons.
>Later, JR
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Fasgold" <dfasgold at yahoo.com>
>To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:19 PM
>Subject: <VV> How accurate is your fuel gauge?
>
>
>> After years of agonizing over my vair's fuel economy (it seems that you 
>> can actually see the needle moving toward empty sometimes) something 
>> struck me...It seems that the gauge reads wrong. I believe that the 
>> "halfway point" is actually somewhere between the indicated 1/4 and 1/2 
>> mark. Anyone else experience this?
>> David
>>
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