Yep it's a fascinating thread. I did a bit of work on an RV8 in my yoof. The bottom end needed a new set of shells and I had the fanimold and carbs off for some reason...
I know what you mean about juicy pintos, mine doesn't do much more than 20 to 25 either! On 16 Mar 2012, at 17:07, Chris Young <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks for the replies.. Ian, I am keeping an eye on that thread re the > fury.. pretty much what I would have to do as my starting point. > > Just, curious for real work experience - as you say with the load pedal > pressed! > > I'm only getting about 22mpg with my ish tuned pinto, so it probably isn't > going to make too much difference to me in practical terms. (twin 40s, fr30 > cam) > > cheers > > > On 16 March 2012 15:44, Ian Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a guy called scudderfish on locostbuilders who runs a v8 on MS in > his Fury. I will ask him what he gets. Well, that is got... He is rebuilding > a 4. something ex TVR v8 to do an engine swap! > > Ian > > On 16 Mar 2012, at 14:47, Chris Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > in my seemingly constant deliberation as to should I do up the v8 that > > is in my garage and shoehorn it into the Xtreme; > > > > does anyone have any idea as to what I could expect fuel economy wise? > > > > It is a rover v8 3.9 efi. (I would aim to keep it efi, but probably > > with mega squirt etc) > > > > I have seen that in a Range Rover I could expect about 18mpg, how > > does that translate to a car the weight ~ a quarter of this? could I > > expect more? > > > > > > > > ( I know the whole argument about its a fun car don't worry about the > > mpg etc, but I use mine a lot, did 6k miles last year. 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