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That would be a fun combo. I have an old 289 engine I could rebuild and stick in it for a driver. Would have to swap out the 4.88 gears. The easiest thing would be to find a pair of 351C 4V heads.
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Boardwalk in the swamp. They just opened the first phase.
Cypress swamp close to my house.
A little different place to take a daily walk...in a few months it may turn into a run when the snakes come out!
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The tank on my '97 must be a tad bigger -- I usually get 400-450 miles out of a fill-up and it generally takes a little over 14.5 gallons for me to go from the low fuel light to full. The one thing I have learned about this car is that once you get to about 1/8 tank, you'd better start looking for gas stations because the needle drops like a rock from there on.....
It gets off full around the 35 mile mark, 3/4ths 80 to 90 miles, 1/2 tank around 180 to 190, 1/4 tank 290 to 300 and low fuel light around 350 mark and dead on empty by 380.
i dont push it cause i have never seen a GM gas gauge to be very accurate
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Do it! Im up to almost 49k on my truck and if it wasnt for the cavalier and the impala it would be closer to 60 to 65k on the truck. They are good cars and extremely cheap to maintain.
Our cars are very similar, I filled up this morning with 367 miles on the odometer and it took 12 gallons even. Came to 30.58 mpg.
Plus i love when i fill it up from the low fuel light to full on 22 bucks
Our cars are very similar, I filled up this morning with 367 miles on the odometer and it took 12 gallons even. Came to 30.58 mpg.
Plus i love when i fill it up from the low fuel light to full on 22 bucks
if I could get by with a car, unfortuantly even trucks aren't fond of the roads and suspensions get tore up in my line of work