mileage drop with cam (hotcam, cc305 and the like)
11-16-2007, 11:52 PM
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As the others said, it depends on how you drive. I have a 94 Impala SS and when I did the hotcam swap with a select set of heads. My mpg actually got better on the highway when I still had the 3.08's. I was getting 22mpg w/ the bolt ons, then it went up 28-30 w/ the h/c swap, running about 75mph. Then I installed 3.73's and I'm back down to 22. The city is good if you drive sensible. but if you like the blasting of lights and roasting the tires. Then mpg should not be a factor in your quest for power.
11-17-2007, 02:23 PM
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11-17-2007, 05:11 PM
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well in that case we should be able to keep our cars and instead vote for a presidential candidate that can eliminate war in the middle east and these artificially inflated oil prices 
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/200705...Y_GRAPHIC.html
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/200705...Y_GRAPHIC.html
11-17-2007, 11:05 PM
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well in that case we should be able to keep our cars and instead vote for a presidential candidate that can eliminate war in the middle east and these artificially inflated oil prices
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/200705...Y_GRAPHIC.html
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/200705...Y_GRAPHIC.html
11-18-2007, 11:06 PM
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My wife bitches at me for my leadfoot depleating the gas when I drive her car. I tell her that she measures fuel usage by mpg (miles per gallon). I then tell her that I measure fuel usage by fpg (fun per gallon). I have always said that the day I worry about mpg is the day I dont need to be driving anymore. I sympathize with your 200 to 300 miles per week, just get a nice little v6 that sips gas and drive the Firebird on the weekends or whenever. Good luck.
