My tuneup is way lean with any load now. Went for a 100 mile drive with a true mixture of roads and traffic. Much like DragWeek, I suppose. The car ran pretty hot as the humidity was 90% and the temp was 84. The temp stayed around 210 while cruise and 210 quickly when pulling hills or accelerating. Was down 2 jet sizes in the carb. So hoping this will help.

I need to do something with this noisy fuel pump. When you stop and everything engine wise gets quite you still hear the fuel pump raising He!!.

But, hey checked mileage. Filled up to 1" below the filler neck before I left and again when got home. The car only too 8 gallons. That is 12.5 MPG and 4 lane highway, two lane highway winding through the hills and Roanoke city traffic. 12.5 MPG. ALL RIGHT.


Career best 8.02 @ 169 at 3050# and 10" tires small block power.