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Well I got almost 500 miles since the new speedometer. Its a 4 cylinder and in all those years I never checked the mileage. I got 29.4 mpg the first 500 miles. Not bad! Just curious as to what kind of mileage you all get, especially the VW’s.
Randy in Chandler Arizona, great B-bopp'in teritory. I must have the only one in the country made by Rich Industries in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on a 1986 Ford Cortina (english ford escort) It's a 1600cc straight four cylinder front engne, 4 speed, changed from right side driver to left side with several shafts and u-joints. BEBOP because I once had an MGB with license plate MG-BEPOP in Virginia.
That’s better than I’ve been doing so far. I ran a few tanks earlier in the season and was getting 26-27. I do believe she’s still a tad rich, at least.
My current gas mileage is infinite! 😆
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
First fillup with my car. After I installed new gas tank and adjusted carb. l got about 26 MPG in the high 90’s here in Texas.
My MG TD London Roadster “Olive” which has a bigger dual port @’72 engine gets @ 27 mpg around town and @32 on the Hwy . Of course when the sisters are driving it doesnt get as good a gas milage .How about 19?
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"OK thanks. The reason I asked was I had a VW bug in Germany in the army with a sunroof and a rainbow painted across the back bonnett. It was a great vehicle and got about 20 miles a gallon, but it was pretty much pedal to the metal at all times. Only thing I could pass on the Autobahn was Semi-trucks, so I stayed off it.
And if you all feel bad about the price of fuel, it was $4 a gallon there in 1975 ….without your military ration card which let you buy gas at stateside prices.Randy in Chandler Arizona, great B-bopp'in teritory. I must have the only one in the country made by Rich Industries in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on a 1986 Ford Cortina (english ford escort) It's a 1600cc straight four cylinder front engne, 4 speed, changed from right side driver to left side with several shafts and u-joints. BEBOP because I once had an MGB with license plate MG-BEPOP in Virginia.
When I first bought my TD 3 years ago I was getting an average of 30-32 mpg. I had the valves adjusted 3 months later and then I was averaging 28 mpg. I just had major work done on my engine last month including a carb rebuild. Now I’m averaging 24 – 27 mpg. Go figger.
Probably that 10% Ethanol causing the lower MPG.
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackGood thinking Allan. I always get less mileage from blended fuel too. I wish I’d a thought of that when I put a new elec. fuel pump on my’63 Willys 4wd truck. The first one lasted 20 years. One of those old AC pumpers that pumps a bit and shuts off when the pressure gets up when the bowl is full. You know what they look like. After much searching I found the last AC fuel pump in the country, put it on thinking, good to go for a long time. A year and a half later I barely made it home one day and had to put on one of the continuously spinning Carter pumps from Napa for nearly a hundred bucks. I found out from the old boy at Napa that its the alcohol in the gas that makes the old style pumps go out by quickly rotting the seals. Dang the Luck !
Randy in Chandler Arizona, great B-bopp'in teritory. I must have the only one in the country made by Rich Industries in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on a 1986 Ford Cortina (english ford escort) It's a 1600cc straight four cylinder front engne, 4 speed, changed from right side driver to left side with several shafts and u-joints. BEBOP because I once had an MGB with license plate MG-BEPOP in Virginia.
There’s an email letter going around from SEMA that adrdesses that and the new house bill to kill raising ethanol to 15%. The Ethanol is bad for the new engines especially the seals. newkitman2012-08-22 18:28:04
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackHere a copy of that letter.
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"
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