Matt and Mike,
I'm right with ya. My daily driver is a 95 silverado. I put a
350 shortblock under the 305 top end. mpg is 16-17 around town and 20
on trips. I built it for efficiency but HP is probably a spectacular
200 and she's out of breath at 4,500. The LS1 I picked up is for the
truck but it may start out in the Chevelle. Either vehicle will go
20+mpg around town. Just crazy and 300+ horsepower. The engineers
really hit it out of the ballpark with that motor.
Walt
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/CHEVELLE.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:22 pm
Subject: [Chevelle-list] OT: was Re: Gas Mileage
> I love late 60's Chevy trucks and have dreamed about a
> LS1/automatic
> w/overdrive powered daily driver. I'd rather drop the dough into
> one
> of those than purchasing a newer Silverado. IF I can get that
> combo
> to work reliably with at least double digit gas mileage. Not too
> far
> fetched eh?
>
> Talk about livin' the good life.........swapping between a "67
> short
> bed pickup and my '69 Chevelle for the daily grind. Dare to dream!
>
> Funny thing is my woman would rather I get a '70 Blazer with that
> combo........she likes that the top comes off! Go figure!! 8-)
>
> At 05:05 PM 4/4/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Borlas on a LS1 sound pretty cool too. I live in both worlds--LS1
> 6
> >speed in the C5 and 454s in both the Elky and 66. For cruising
> can't
> >beat the former--combined ~29 mpg between here (western Oregon),
> >Yellowstone, and back.
> >
> >A buddy has successfully put LS series engines in gen 1 camaros,
> >tri-fives, and other prods from the General with great results
> and
> >happy customers. Hard to argue with, all things considered.
> >
> >__________________________________
> >
> >Mike Heiser
> >1966 Chevelle SS | 1969 Chevelle Malibu | 1969 El Camino
> >Chevelle & El Camino Club of Oregon, ACES, Team Chevelle
> >
> >
> >
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]>
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Gas Mileage
> >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:54:51 EDT
> >
> >But the "Wow!" factor of opening the hood and seeing a big block
> is
> >hard to beat. Plus, there's no better sound than hearing the
> rumble
> >of a BBC. Just my humble opinion.
> >
> >Besides, if it's a weekend toy what's an extra $5 to play?
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >
> >
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