460 with poor gas mileage

[TexasRho83]

not to get offtopic, but am I the only person here who want's a diesel just so I can smoke out ricers?

Not to help you get off topic, but I would love to see it... my buddy has a smoker cummins with twin stacks but they're in the bed. Can't really get inside a ricer's cab like side exhaust

 

[hellcruzer]

Not to help you get off topic, but I would love to see it... my buddy has a smoker cummins with twin stacks but they're in the bed. Can't really get inside a ricer's cab like side exhaust

With sidepipes and a 460 you leave the one inside the ricer's cab shaken

 

[LEB Kris]

Get rid of that intake. Its absolutely killing your motor. Single plane low rise turd nugget. The carb is also WAAAAAY over sized as well.

A performer (non-rpm) and a Holley 670 would be a great choice.


and ummm some of us miss the 5mpg days. :-D



EDIT:
Give me some specs on the engine. Compression Heads Cam etc

 

[TexasNomad]

I have to say unless your 460 has been cammed out or had some other performance mods done to it, I think a Torker 2 manifold and a 780cfm carb is to much for a bone stock engine even if its a 460..
for a stock 460 you should just be running a Performer manifold and 750 carb.

Get rid of that intake. Its absolutely killing your motor. Single plane low rise turd nugget. The carb is also WAAAAAY over sized as well.

A performer (non-rpm) and a Holley 670 would be a great choice.


and ummm some of us miss the 5mpg days. :-D



EDIT:
Give me some specs on the engine. Compression Heads Cam etc

Hey! thats what I said! but none listen to the Tex......

 

[hellcruzer]

Hey! thats what I said! but none listen to the Tex......

I have to say unless your 460 has been cammed out or had some other performance mods done to it, I think a Torker 2 manifold and a 780cfm carb is to much for a bone stock engine even if its a 460..
for a stock 460 you should just be running a Performer manifold and 750 carb.

I will listen to you Tex..... It have been done some work to the engine since it's converted to unlead fuel. If it's cammed out or have some other performance mods I don't know. Mybe I should try to get me a performer manifold and a edelbrock 750

 

[polarbear]

Get rid of that intake. Its absolutely killing your motor. Single plane low rise turd nugget. The carb is also WAAAAAY over sized as well.

A performer (non-rpm) and a Holley 670 would be a great choice.


and ummm some of us miss the 5mpg days. :-D



EDIT:
Give me some specs on the engine. Compression Heads Cam etc

And if you knew what this guy was paying at the pump for fuel, it'd blow your mind.

 

[hellcruzer]

And if you knew what this guy was paying at the pump for fuel, it'd blow your mind.

I hope you all will sleep to night but I am paying about $8.50 for a gallon

 

[TexasNomad]

Jesus!!!!!
how can people own cars there.

 

[hellcruzer]

Jesus!!!!!
how can people own cars there.

The gas price is one ting but cars isn't cheap either. Norway is a big producer of oil but that dosen't help us. The goverment want us all to go with bus or train. So I can tell you it's hard to be a american car enthusiast.

 

[TexasRho83]

I hope you all will sleep to night but I am paying about $8.50 for a gallon

Time to move...

 

[LEB Kris]

110 is about $8-9 a gallon.

 

[hellcruzer]

Time to move...

Norway is not the best country to live in for an american car lover but it has other qualities. I love to visit USA and hope to come back soon..

 

[Mil1ion]

That Manifold is designed for running at a constant HIGH RPM not driving around town.

You need a performer type manifold and a 600 CFM edelbrock then drive like there is fresh egg under the gas pedal.

 

[hellcruzer]

I got some spec on the engine: the cam is a Edelbrock Performer. The duration of it is 272 (intake) and 282 (exhaust), and the valve lift is .460 (intake) .480 (exhaust) and the part # is 2167. That part is out of a PAW catalog.

 

[TexasNomad]

Thats a RPM range of Idle-5,500.
That Manifold is killing you, its Basic Operating RPM Range is 2,500-6,500 rpm.

 

[miottimouse]

i aggree get rid of the intake and holly carb a performer intake with an edelbrock carb [600 to 700 cfm] is a good combo for a stock motor them hollys just dump fuel and you can never lean them out like an eddy another thing you can look at is a gearvenders over drive trans my trucks both have them and they work great if you running a 3.73 rear end your rpm will be about 2800@100 kph[60 mph] a gearvenders will cut that to about 2200 [-600 rpm or so] not a cheap conversion either but we pay $1.00 ltr for gas in alberta and when i can get 2 to 3 mpg better it pays for itself also look at getting rid of the steel fan and going with an electric fan/relay setup worth at least 1 mpg on the highway not turning that big peice of steel
hope this helps regurds joe