David Vizard, 100 MPG Carbs, and Me

[mpgmike]

David Vizard is running a series on the 100 MPG carburetors. His 1st installment caught my attention, so I emailed him. Low and behold, I am now helping him with content for several of his upcoming videos. In installment #2 he spoke highly of me, even showed a copy of my head porting book. I had a hard time getting to sleep last night.

 

[padam]

Very cool!
We don’t have to wonder about your screen name now.

 

[mpgmike]

Years ago I became aware of another MPGMike. The MPG for me is Miles Per Gallon. For the other guy it was MPEG -- as in movie format. He was a **** star. We had a fuel economy site blog at the time. He was absolutely disgusted by me ruining his "good name" on that fuel economy garbage. So, every morning I had to scrub the site of all the **** he and his cronies had posted. Brand new user name every time, so banning did nothing.

 

[RJ Squirrel]

Interesting video, he ended the talk with the question "are smaller carbs better for MPG?"
In my case it seems to be a hearty no. I have a 600 CFM Edelbrock on my mild cam 8-1 compression 440.
It runs great on regular pump gas, but gets 11 mpg. Thinking I need at least 800 cfm.

Oh, and a little tasteful **** thrown in that video couldnt hurt-

 

[padam]

Interesting video, he ended the talk with the question "are smaller carbs better for MPG?"
In my case it seems to be a hearty no. I have a 600 CFM Edelbrock on my mild cam 8-1 compression 440.
It runs great on regular pump gas, but gets 11 mpg. Thinking I need at least 800 cfm.

Oh, and a little tasteful **** thrown in that video couldnt hurt-

I really don’t want to see that old guy getting after it.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

I think if you ride an SL125 Honda motorcycle at 30 mph, you will get 100 mpg. Otherwise you will get to learn about wind drag, and horsepower used. At 14mpg, imperial, we are cheaper than motel rooms for the Tukvan. We can also have the fridge running, with beer in side.
When I had my 53 Bentley, we would often do fuel economy checks. My engine was 4.5 litres with twin SU carbs. I got about 17mpg, being careful with the go pedal. Tom had a 52 RR Silver Dawn with a 4.25 engine, and single carb. He got about 19 mpg to win the prize. My slant six Dodge did about twenty mpg. My 37 Ford with an early Tbird engine did about 10 mpg. My bikes average about 40 to 60 mpg, while my 100 Kawasaki runs forever after sniffing an oily rag.

 

[mpgmike]

Here is a link to the History of Fuel Economy David forgot to post:

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Meanwhile I will stick with Einstein who said “ To put mass in motion requires energy, to change the speed of mass once in motion, requires energy. The amount of energy is in proportion to the mass “ We all know this as heavier things are harder to move.
Motorcycles suffer from wind resistance, so going slow helps.
Old cars suffer from wind resistance. So going slow helps.
Blasting down the highway at 75 or more, requires some slippery shapes, or more gas.