Howdy Randall and WeatherCat automobile enthusiasts,
FUEL Economy with 7.3 liter come on you know you are going to Hot Rod it
Actually as a driver I'm mostly
"Mr. Meek," so I have no idea how I'll find driving my trusty wagon will be.
But there is a school of thought that big engines running at a very low RPM can give you excellent fuel economy and Jim Weise (JW) who built this engine has already built an engine that got 20 MPG basically as a accident. This engine has been really engineered for fuel economy. So it should do much better than that.
Ironically, that is also why it made 509 horsepower!!
but maybe if you keep the foot out of it you just might get what you want
Your mechanic is right you know
I'm certainly in unexplored territory. In many ways I'm
"building" a car that has never existed before. So many things are being changed that the car may feel unfamiliar. Just one small problem with "building a car." Once you've got everything in pieces - you've absolutely, positively got to put the pieces back together or . . . . . no car!
Latest problem, the new air conditioner takes more space under the dash so the glove compartment box doesn't fit!! So I'm going to try to custom fabricate a new one that still looks like the original.
Oh well!!
Cheers, Edouard