"Paul:
A buddy of mine insi
"Paul:
A buddy of mine insisted that his gas-guzzling 454 burned "Only 8 gallons an hour". He then "proved" it to me from his log book. "See," he insisted, "I burnt only 16 gallons of gas after running two hours." Uh-huh. Of course, that included starting and warm up time at idle, time spent leaving his slip and the marina, time spent in the no wake zone, then docking, etc. etc.
In reality, he burnt at least 12 to 15 gph at CRUISING SPEED, and that's what we're talking about.
Finally, I know of no small block Chevy, Ford or Chrysler that will run at 2,500 rpms ON PLANE and burn less than 8 GPH.
Jeff"