SLANT 6 a GAS GUZZLER?

rumblefish360 said
It took you years to figure out what makes'em tick for better mileage? When I read on, below, I can not for the life of me believe what I read.

The difference in adhusting my 360 in a 4000lbs car was less.
OE parts were reused. twin cats on a new exhaust that followed the pattern of the OE dual exhaust and I added weight to the car with more sound deadener, 2 amps and a sub woffer. OH, a real spare tire over the colapsed donut.

I'm sorry fellas, I think that the constant 19 - 20 mpg's out of a V8 with twice the power and torque is well worth the dumping of the slant 6 hands down. Adding the MSD was also a mileage getter with an extra 2 mpg's on a solid every time any time bassis.

This car also started off as a 10 mpg Hwy. car that did still sport that catastrphy of an ignition, the "Lean Burn" which was tossed in favor of the old Orange box set up that the dealers used to carry in stock because the lean burns were so bad. This ignition swap was standard pratice. So don't bother running some crazy crap up the tree on me for the swap.

Yes, it took me YEARS and YEARS to figure it out. Tinkering, spending thousands of dollars and countless hours, but I finally figured out how to get slightly better mileage than your 360. I wasted a life away on a piece of crap motor trying to squeeze out a few mpg's. Wow, get off your high horse.

Just because you can't get the mileage out of the slant six doesn't mean you have to bad mouth it as a worthless motor. I wouldn't be able to get the HP you probably could out of a 360. That doesn't mean I think they aren't even worth their weight in dog crap.

Fact is that if you do the right research, you can get 20mpg out of a slant in any A Body and it can be done relatively easily. Some of them will do that right out of the box with points ignition and everything. Others take more work.

Now you and your 360 constantly getting 19-20mpg sounds more like running crazy crap up a tree. Filling up, having the nozzle click off too soon and then coming on here claiming you're consistantly getting 19-20mpg is not going to convince anyone.