----- From: <llile@
> I was the one with the '70's toyota.  Memory leaks are a big problem with
> me these days.  I used to specifically drive for better mileage - coasting
> down hills, avoiding lugging, keeping speeds low, no jackrabbit starts,
> drafting trucks (don't ever do this) and so on.  Had a manual transmission
> car with NO options and the smallest available engine.  Read books about
> driving for better mileage and practiced it.  I seem to remember mileages
> between 35 and 42 when the car was new and I was trying to use these
> mileage-increasing techniques.  Mileage was measured by odometer change
> divided by pump gallons, at the same pump, using the same shutoff level.
> But memory leaks are a big problem with me these days (did I already say
> that?)
>
> -- Lawrence Lile

When gas first hit a dollar per gallon, I built an engine with 13.8:1 actual
compression ratio. Had plenty of horsepower and the best fuel economy of
anything on the road at the time. Ran it on kerosene, got about 100 miles to
the dollar (kerosene stayed $.20 - $.25 / gal). Odd that the "oil crisis"
affected gasoline, and later diesel, but not kerosene. What finally did it
in was kerosene heaters, they caused the price of kerosene to jump to $8.00
per gallon! I Had to sell the motor to someone interested in drag-racing and
go with a stock engine.

Lonnie - KF4HAZ -

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