MPG experiment....1976 Dart Lite

dgc333 said

13.5 mpg for combined is pretty poor, I would say you have some issues with the timing and/or the carb.

I got 19-20 around town and 21-23 with a \6 with a comp Cam, offy intake, 390 cfm 4bbl, headers dual exhaust, A833OD and 3.55 gears.

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I agree. 13 is terrible. The point of the post, and direction is, to incrementally make it better.

Right now, (before I took the carb off) it would start instantly, idle was pretty smooth (8 out of 10 by comparison to new car) and pulled excellent. However, leaving a stop light was a different, it did not like it, probably due to the non-functioning accelerator pump. So average person would see this as "good running car" yet it only gets 13.

I want better, much better. The carb was the biggest fault, so that is why it is first.