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What kind of gas mileage with a holley 700 double pumper?

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Old 03-05-2001, 09:27 PM
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What kind of gas mileage with a holley 700 double pumper?

Im building up a new 350 right now for my car, and im on a budget. The guy whos helping me with my engine has a holley 700 double pumper thats been used by his step brother, but is rebuilt and in great shape that hes giving me for $75. I know the double pumper is going to be a gas hog, but how bad are we talking? Should i expect 8mpg, 10, 13, 15??? I dont know everything well be using yet, but most likely a performer rpm intake, sbc heads with 2.02/1.60 valves, and 60cc chambers. So compression will probably be high...like 11 something. And it will run on 92 gas. What do you guys think?
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It will depend a lot on how you drive, what kind of heads you have (new good combustion chamber design or old and bad) How good is your ignition, headers, tranny, rear-end gear and a lot of little stuff. If it's jetted right expect about 14 on the highway, maybe 18 with overdrive and keeping it out of the secondaries. in town 10 to 12.
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It also depends on the list number of the carb. A 700 cfm carb could get worse gas milage than a 850 depending on the particular model. Some are designed for street use while others were built strictly for the race track.

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First you need to get it running. 11 something compression on 92 gas won't work well. Then, it depends on how you drive it.


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