trents
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- Joined
- Feb 5, 2008
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- Age
- 73
- Location
- Centralia, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 1983
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.8 Durasparked, Stage 1 RV cam, block "0" decked, 350cfm Motorcraft 2150
- Transmission
- Manual
Just took a trip to the Washington coast on Friday, a round trip of about 120 miles. Mixture of two lane state roads and freeway, i.e. 55-60 mph except for a couple of small traffic jams. Before I left I filled up and top off and when I returned I filled up and topped off at the same gas pump. Got 23.7 mpg. I was pretty pleased with that. This is an '83 Ranger 4x4 4 spd. with 3.73 rear gears, Duraspark conversion, stage 1 RV cam, new remanufactured 2150 Motorcraft 350 cfm. carb, heads and block zero decked and stock exhaust. Timing is set at 12 degrees BTDC. Last Spriing I put on a Accel super coil and 8mm plug wires and think this was the biggest factor in improving my mileage. I had read a lot Ranger user posts who upgraded to high output ignition coils. Most were disapointed they didn't really see a power increase but many of them mentioned their fuel economy improved. I would agree with that. I think the better coil and wires may have given me about 2 mpg improvement.
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