Ford 534 C.I. Gas Bird

[Jim Benson]

Hi guys,

I had the bird down on Doheny beach today (as usual)
and figured i would crawl under and take a look.
4.63 is the ratio. Best i can figure I'm getting
around 5 to 5.5mpg @65MPH. I'm not towing anything.
I'll be checking this out better next week on my way
out to Quartzite.

Just email if i can help with anthing else.
Aloha---
Jim Benson
Dana Point, CA
74-FC-31



--- Curt Sprenger wrote:

> George,
>
> I don't remember the rear end ratio. Contact Jim
> Benson at
> Jim.Benson@... or thebenson79@... or
> jbenson71@...
> . He owns the coach. Maybe he can find it on one of
> the information
> plates or on a tag on the rear end housing. Ask him
> for pictures too. He
> had the 'Bird painted in Mexico. Looks great.
>
> If I recall correctly, fuel mileage was just over
> 5mpg, better after the
> upgrades, maybe 5.5mpg. I traveled down the highway
> at 62mph. I always
> towed at least 4,000 lbs. Ask Jim what the gas
> mileage is.
>
> Yes, gen. will not get any fuel at 1/4 tank.
>
> I believe there were two options and the 750 Holly
> had the electric
> choke vs. manual. I don't recall anything more about
> it.
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
> gnburke@... wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> >
> >
>
>




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