Posted by Mathias NY on May 17, 2008 at 05:54:38 from (66.66.157.207):
In Reply to: O/T a litte bit posted by old on May 16, 2008 at 20:24:36:
My engine in my first truck was a '73 chevy 350. I had to use hot plugs because it burned a lot of oil. For best fuel milage I found the ususal suspects to be pretty effective. Good PCV valve, clean air filter, good plugs and wires, good cap and rotor. When using conventional oil, the milage would decrease toward the end of the oil change.
I also increased the spark advance. Stock is around 4 degrees BTDC. I advanced it to around 8 degrees. I had to run 89 octane and it did ping under heavy load, but for normal driving it had better performance and lower cost per mile than 87 octane at the factory timing. Good luck.
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