Posted by TBR (IP: 152.163.197.81) on August 10, 1999 at 13:07:25:
In Reply to: Dad put a remaned shortblock in it posted by 74merc on August 09, 1999 at 21:05:51:
...any serious mechanical flaw. My 200/3-speed wouldn't go over 80 for some time. A little tuning of the carb, new vacuum lines, new points & plugs, and adjusted timing brought me up to 115. Highway mileage went from 20mpg to 26mpg (no, not at 115! more like 65). I would seriously go over that engine to find the problem. You ARE releasing the parking brake aren't you? ;-)
: it topped out at 60 when I got it, I managed to get it up to 70 regularly, an all time high of 83 one time drafting an 18 wheeler downhill on I59-20. ran good before, but the reman was aparently a real shitty engine.