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  1. 10-22-2012 05:07 PM #1
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    a good excuse for a road trip..... ;)

     



    ok
    as some of you may know.
    i just installed a new 302 long block i bought from orielly's AKA checker autoparts.
    and yesterday gave it it's 1st oil change after the break in period.
    also i did some quick math.
    i am getting 19.5 mpg in the city (lots an lotsa stoplights.)
    and i am running a 500cfm holley 2 bbl carb
    so..
    now i simply HAVE to drive somewhere relatively far away.tto see what my hwy mpg is
    i am thinking of going to farmington nm about 250 miles each way to visit my bro's in the BLACKTOP KREEPERS C.C.
    this will be purely in the interest of the scientifical community you understand.

    a hot rod is whatever i decide it is.
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  3. 10-22-2012 05:39 PM #2
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    I understand your concern,Billy..Some of us MUST delve deeper into the scientific side of driving old cars a couple of hundred miles.... You just dont know what you will find,,,,apart from miles of long straight blacktop...yehaa..Go for it..
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  4. 10-22-2012 07:34 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by lamin8r View Post
    I understand your concern,Billy..Some of us MUST delve deeper into the scientific side of driving old cars a couple of hundred miles.... You just dont know what you will find,,,,apart from miles of long straight blacktop...yehaa..Go for it..
    yep
    i am takin a bullet for science.
    it is kinda like my monster movie reveiwer motto.
    i watch em sober. so you dont have to.
    a hot rod is whatever i decide it is.
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  5. 10-23-2012 05:16 AM #4
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    Heck, any excuse is a good excuse!!!! We used to take road trips every Friday, to celebrate the fact that it was the only Friday we were gonna have that week!!!!!
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    You mean some folks still worry about MPG??????????


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    Good for you Billy, taking one for the team! We'll be eagerly awaiting the results of your experiment, calculated to at least two decimal places, if not three! Drive safe, and have a ball!
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  8. 10-23-2012 07:31 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by TooMany2count View Post
    You mean some folks still worry about MPG??????????


    i have a cool bike as well.
    but it aint no rod....

    a hot rod is whatever i decide it is.
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    Did you happen drain the oil right out onto the street?!
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    I had one of them dang things, never could get enough "horsepower" out of the engine to get anywhere!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 35fordcoupe View Post
    Did you happen drain the oil right out onto the street?!
    no but
    knowing me
    it is a reasonable question.....
    a hot rod is whatever i decide it is.
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  12. 10-23-2012 09:27 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
    I had one of them dang things, never could get enough "horsepower" out of the engine to get anywhere!!!!!
    i ride mine around car shows.
    a hot rod is whatever i decide it is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by billy zz View Post
    i ride mine around car shows.
    That's one of the irritations about Good Guys & NSRA events - no bikes, etc! I can see their logic, but then again......
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