Ford 534 C.I. Gas Bird

[gnburke@...>]

Hello Curt, Thanks for your reply. Do you remember what rear end ratio that your
74 FC31 had, and what was your ave.mpg. My first fillup was 6mpg, (2nd) 5 mpg,
(3rd & 4th) averaged 4 mpg. All fillups were over 325 miles, and ran out at 387
miles, but was only able to get 90 gallons in. Need to replace the fuel gauge,
but also want to find out why a 100 gal. tank will only take 90 gal. when empty.
Have heard that the gen. will cut off when 25 gal. remains. At present, I can go
387 miles before I will have to push. But, if I run the gen, who knows. The
original Holly/Motorcraft carb. is a model 4150. Do you remember the # of the
750 cfm that you used? Many thanks, George Burke 1977 FC31SB Charlotte
----- Original Message -----
From: Curt Sprenger
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Ford 534 C.I. Gas Bird


George,

Our previous 'Bird, '74 FC31, had the 534 gas engine. I did most of the
maintenance, no gear changes.

Gas mileage and performance improvements...upgraded the distributor to
the Pertronix breakerless, new plugs/wires/coil, removed the factory
installed governor & carburetor stuff and installed a 750 Holley
carburetor.

I never let the tank get below 1/3.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.

George Burke wrote:

> My new to me 1977 FC31 gas powered Bird needs a little help. Would love
> to hear from anyone who has ,or now owns a gas powered Bluebird that
> came with a Ford 534 C.I. engine. Issues are what did you do to improve
> mpg.Did you ever have the rear gear ratio changed? If you had a 100
> gallon tank, did you run out of gas at 90 gal., (in other words, thats
> all it would take when we ran out!)Any help,i.e (if you do your own
> mechanic work, or where if you had work done by someone else), would be
> appreciated. George Burke 1977 FC31SB Charlotte
>
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