Posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.153.163] on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 14:45:22 :
In Reply to: Re: 318 posted by Kaegi [76.22.23.236] on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 12:37:04 :
15 mpg would be great. When I drove it back from Olympia (where I picked it up), fully loaded most of the way, I got about 10 mpg. I did put the Weber 2 barrel (the larger synchronous one) on it and it feels pretty powerful under load (haven't gotten a good idle out of it yet, though). Thanks for the reminder about the ignition. I haven't even taken the distributor cap off yet. It must be one of the earliest 225s since it doesn't have electronic ignition and it has a road draft tube rather than PCV. Oil is clean, though and I do believe it's a strong motor. By "set perfectly" do you mean by using a dwell meter, or just using a feeler gauge in the gap rather than a matchbook cover?
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