1776 mpg sudo-poll

Pete 22 years ago

hey guys, long time since I've graced the halls of the group, but back from school and back in VW mode. Now I may be able to acquire some 1776 parts and I have a set of kadrons that I could slap on, but just wondering what kinda gas mileage some of you'z guys get with yours. A similar setup with kadrons would be preferable, but hey beggars cant be choosers ;-) And the mileage question is not because of the gas situation, I've actually been thinking about it doing it for a while :-P

Just curious

Pete

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62 Bug w/ Sunroof
62 Bug (parts car)
69 Bus (camper)
69 Bus (camper)

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Raymond Lowe 22 years ago

Good luck with that. I ran a 1776 with Kadrons and averaged 22 miles to the imperial gallon (17.5 US). Switched to Dells and it shot up to 32 mpg (26mpg US) combined highway/city. Spent a lot of time tinkering (hell, call it blueprinting) with those Kads - just couldn't get better. They sure didn't like that Bugpack 4061 cam. The reversion made them run dirty. Dells were sweeeet and crisp.

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Max Welton 22 years ago

As luck would have it, I just got my first mpg reading on the engine I just finished.

This is a 7.3:1 1776 with Kadrons and an E-100 cam. I am experimenting with a Kad throttle-body from John C with the vac advance port, but am still running an 009 (with Compufire) at present.

First tank MPG: 26.5

Over the 199 miles, I probably have 10 cold-starts. My commute is 22 miles of 2-lane blacktop between 6000' and 7500'.

Max

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Tunafish 22 years ago

This is US gallons, right? IMO that's pretty good for a new engine!

--Steve

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John Skeldon 22 years ago

Think your self lucky.

1776cc engle 110 , full flow, Dellorto 40's m std heads (hemi-cut) in a 1964 sunroof bug.... i'm probably doing 15mpg at the moment due to wrong idle jets. Sounds good though

John

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Max Welton 22 years ago

Yes, US gallons.

And I mispoke, this is not the first tank for the engine. It's the first tank with the rings seated and the state of tune where I want it. For the first

500 miles I had the valve lash set pretty loose and was fighting with a throttle shaft issue with one of the carbs. I didn't both to measure the MPG then.

Max

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