Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: Snoopy]
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11/20/09 03:02 PM
11/20/09 03:02 PM
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The reproduction tanks hold 19 gals. They don't have the 1 gallon expansion tank inside.
Interesting to know. I have a re-pop tank on my Challenger, although I don't plan on running it down to that last "extra" gallon... ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)
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Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: aar1]
#531612
11/21/09 09:50 PM
11/21/09 09:50 PM
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Hrtbkr
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The tank may hold 18 or 19 gallons, but my car (with a repop sender/pickup) quits running at about 16.5 gallons. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/runaway.gif) DAMHIK
While outside on the turnpike
They got this new hit tune
Where thrills become as cheap as gas
And gas as cheap as thrills
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Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: aar1]
#531613
11/21/09 10:41 PM
11/21/09 10:41 PM
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Robert1050
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It had maybe 30 minutes of idle time on that tank and only 125 miles! Does that sound right? Less than 7 mpg!!
Wow, you're doing pretty good at that. My old '70 440-6 'cuda (with super-track pack) used to go maybe 100 miles on a tank of gas, which worked out to about 4-5MPG on the street and maybe 6MPG on the highway.
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Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: Robert1050]
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11/22/09 01:45 PM
11/22/09 01:45 PM
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aar1
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My old '70 440-6 'cuda (with super-track pack) used to go maybe 100 miles on a tank of gas, which worked out to about 4-5MPG on the street and maybe 6MPG on the highway.
But with 355 gears & a 4bbl.... shouldn't I be able to do a bit better than 7mpg? The car doesn't get driven much so it's not so much the cost of filling up but the lack of range I will get with the car.
I just filled the car up from empty (engine quite). It took 17.2 gallons. That's up to the filler neck.
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Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: aar1]
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11/22/09 01:55 PM
11/22/09 01:55 PM
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Scott Carl
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Another alternative is a 2 bbl and/or lighter shoes! ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif) Seriously though, short trips use up more gas that one long one too. Just a thought ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Twocents.gif) (Edit: Srry Greetween. Missed your comment about short trips...)
Last edited by Scott Carl; 11/22/09 01:59 PM.
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Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: Scott Carl]
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11/22/09 08:45 PM
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aar1
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Another alternative is a 2 bbl and/or lighter shoes! Seriously though, short trips use up more gas that one long one too. Just a thought ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Twocents.gif)
You know what they say about guys who have big feet .............. they require heavy shoes. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbs.gif)
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Re: e-body fuel capacity?
[Re: aar1]
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11/23/09 01:51 AM
11/23/09 01:51 AM
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PlumCrazy73Dodge
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440 = Go Fast Gas
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Gas go Fast
73 plumcrazy challenger - 318/904, edelbrock performer 600cfm carb, performer intake and cam. Eddy Alum. Heads 3.91 locker, Doug's headers, accurate ltd. exhaust 73 Cuda - Triple Black 340 4 speed MIKE
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