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mid 20's if your easy with it. The 3spd automatic is direct in 3rd and those early ones do not have a lockup TC. Carburetors on those things were garbage when they were rolling off the transport trucks. The non feedback version are somewhat better.

Fuel injection and a manual transmission really help the 2.2 with mileage.

I have a 4dr Shadow manual transmission (2.2 TBI) and I get around 27.5 in local stop-go driving. Ethanol polluted gasoline doesn't help anything.



my throttle body 2.5 auto daytona would do low to mid 30s on the highway. my dad had an 83 rampage auto and his would do about 30. lousy feedback carbs, we swapped it out for a weber and it drove better. with the small tires and no lockup converters they do rev on the highway.



With the introduction of ethanol contaminated gasoline I have seen a consistent 10% decrease in miles per gallon vs pure gasoline. It also does not help that I still use the oem 14" tire size and have the 568 5spd with its higher final drive.

Open highway I can get low 30's but it is rare that I am going long distances anymore.