gas mileage questions

[shanonsf]

yeah,

 

my ea81 82 GLW has gotten a lot worse since I pulled the stock air clearner and some hoses/lines. Sure is alot prettier and great access & chrome!! looks like a V8, ha ha

approx 275mi p/tank to 175 mi per/tank....bummer

 

not sure if the plugged Vac lines are the cause, but stills runs solid. Mileage suffer'd greatly after my cool new air cleaner set-up & emissions excavation...and tired clutch?

 

has: 8" air cleaner, Accel coil, 1.75 exhuast to turbo muffler, new CAT & emissions crap, forked plugs (Bosch?), 7.5mm wires, blah blah.

 

and a lead foot in the hilly, congested, big city............

 

-shanonsf

[Honda's 86 Brat]

Alright, that's it. I'm ready to trade in my keys for a subie... You guys are lucky.... I get around 415 miles (on a good fillup, if I drive nicely) to the *35* gallon tank. Darn gas hogs... STUPID FORD! Grrrr.

[Erik R]

I feel your pain.......I have a "gas-hog" Ford also..........

My boss has a 35' winnebago w/ford V10.........9mpg all day;towing or not...........I get 12mpg with my 360 V8, but it's reliable (it's only caught on fire once!! That's a story for another forum).

I used an '85 F-250 with a 460 auto to tow my Sube back from the Central coast.......4 1/2 hours and 10 mpg............I didn't have to stop though, I had dual tanks .

 

Hey, anything for a Sube, right?

[Hondasucks]

Man, I think my wagon needs a Legacy motor.. My Legacy got like, 28-30 on the freeway, and about 25 in town....

Adn I dunno what is up, I've been letting Caboobaroo drivei the 86 to work, and he got like, 350 miles on his last tank before teh fuel light came on, and it has exhaust leaks and a cracked head!!!!

[torxxx]

wanna hear bad gas milage.. The fishing boat I worked on for 3 years had twin Carbbed 454's in it.. When we were running at 35 knots, (~39 mph) we would burn 80-100 gallons an hour

 

[Fuji Fellow]

My very first Subaru, a 1971 FF-1, with the EA71 1100cc engine 4spd and no a/c, got 39 to 40mpg on the highway. I had a modified exhaust on it, dual pipes with glasspaks, and had converted it from points and condenser to a Heatkit electronic ignition, plugs gapped to .50. It was an absolutely ugly little brown car, but it was MY FIRST Subaru, and I loved it.

 

I'd still have that car if I could have found parts for it. I was on a first name basis with all parts managers and junk yards in Tucson,

but eventually it became just impossible to find any parts for it. Wish I'd known of USMB back in the early 80's. My userID here is Fuji fellow, in honor of that long-departed Fuji Flyer (I still miss you, Pokuntsu-San, wherever you are).

 

That car was replaced by a 1982 DL Hatchback, EA81 1600 5spd, with a/c. It too got an honest 40mpg at 100kph cruising speed. The biggest factor influencing that gas mileage was the tires. I had that car for 16 years, and put a quarter million miles on it, until some lady cut across to my lane at an intersection and totalled it for me. Pause for deep depression about that loss... that was one darned good car.

 

Now I'm driving a 1988 4WD GL wagon. I got it used, with 180,000 miles on it, now has 211,000. It has the EA82 1800cc engine, with 5spd and dual range 4WD. If I manage the fuel carefully, it does good to get 30mpg on the highway.

 

By way of introduction, I'm a new user to USMB. I've been a bit reluctant to get overly attached to this current Subaru, even tho it is arguably the nicest equipped Subaru I've ever had. But I think USMB might get the old fires going again... here's to a great resource you've got here.

 

James in Central TX.