NathanAllan
Veteran Member
I had to vent somewhere. I am seeing ads on TV about these new cars getting 38 miles per gallon and this is the best that they can do? I had a 1977 Mustang (yes, the Pinto based one) and I got that kind of mileage. It wasn't supposed to get that good of mileage, though. What I did was:
1. Add a header to its 4-cyl engine with a as straight as possible 2" pipe,
2. Put a Mallory SuperCoil on the ignition system with copper core wires,
3. Put a cheap-o TurboII muffler on my now near-straight pipe,
4. Block the smog pump,
5. Put in the hot-burning and high temp splitfire spark plug,
6. Ran an open air filter.
So I was basically tweaking my system to run better. This kind of thing doesn't really work on newer cars like my Cavalier, but I can still get a header and better exhaust, which I plan on doing, and get the high quality wires that have copper cores. Better spark, better mileage. And they make a ram air for it, too. Better mileage from less restriction of airflow. Anyway, most cars have tweaks in them that make them run better. Since I was doing all of my own work it was easy for me but I understand that if you had someone do all this it would likely cost a bundle.
Every time I see those commercials I remember my Mustang. And then most likely I go into a tirade about it to anyone who'll listen, heh heh.
Nathan
1. Add a header to its 4-cyl engine with a as straight as possible 2" pipe,
2. Put a Mallory SuperCoil on the ignition system with copper core wires,
3. Put a cheap-o TurboII muffler on my now near-straight pipe,
4. Block the smog pump,
5. Put in the hot-burning and high temp splitfire spark plug,
6. Ran an open air filter.
So I was basically tweaking my system to run better. This kind of thing doesn't really work on newer cars like my Cavalier, but I can still get a header and better exhaust, which I plan on doing, and get the high quality wires that have copper cores. Better spark, better mileage. And they make a ram air for it, too. Better mileage from less restriction of airflow. Anyway, most cars have tweaks in them that make them run better. Since I was doing all of my own work it was easy for me but I understand that if you had someone do all this it would likely cost a bundle.
Every time I see those commercials I remember my Mustang. And then most likely I go into a tirade about it to anyone who'll listen, heh heh.
Nathan