I am assuming a 1974 Class "C" Travel Queen to be quite heavy. 7.5
miles per gallon would seem to me to be to be fairly good considering
the year and weight.
This considering our much lighter in comparison 1976 Dodge Maxi
Conversion van 3 sp auto, with 360 cu., with Hedman Headers and 2
each side flow through mufflers w/2 barrel, averages about 8.5 mpg to
10.5 mpg. Worse case down in the sevens and best case 13 mpg only
once. It never gets 12 mpg unless there is one heck of a tail wind,
so the 13mpg was a very rare fluke.
The Dodge motors are really good motors in my opinion. The military
has had very good luck with the dodge trucks in the 60's and 70's.
Some of the six's seemed to go forever... and the older V8's are
tough and powerful. We have had a lot of trouble trying to keep
exhaust gaskets on the right side. Get on it hard just once and it
blows the siamesed center 2 ports. I have put a number of exhaust
gaskets in and finally gave up. I just let-er leak..v
Merle
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Robert Sheaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I have a 1974 Travel Queen RV which is mounted on the chassis of a
> Dodge Sportsman, 360 V-8 engine, 2-barrel carb.
>
> It has been running fairly well, except for the poor gas mileage
> (around 7.5). >
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