Fuel Mileage

[marlin3030hntr]

Just bought a pretty cherry 80 arrow pickup, what kind of mileage do you guys see out of these its stock 2.0, 15 miles on a new longblock guy put the weber conversion kit on it its a 4spd stick 3.90 rear gears. And has anyone gotten brave and done a propane conversion on one?? I have a 64 Scout that is chevy sb powered now with a th350 and its awsome on propane same with my 77 ford with a 400m bb, i would figure one of these would be great with a 100cfm mixer on it just wondering if anyone has tried it, i'm dying to, propane generally does well here in the AZ desert we dont have any cold weather and freezing problems ever generally. Just wondering, let me know guys.

[Mojave Magic]

A place I used to work had a forklift with the 2.0 on propane. It ran great and I've always kept the thought in the back of my head for if NY ever decides to get stupid and go nuts with emissions. I've never looked for a kit, but popped the hood and saw an Impco carb on it. It didn't look like it would be real hard to make something up though.

I have a 2.6 so no help on mpg.

[TotallyBalistic]

i dropped a 1980 g52b in my 1988 macro cab with a 5spd and 3.90 gears, i did a weber conversion on mine an after a good tune up im gettin around 24-26mpg

[Spicoli]

Ya, I think that 4spd gonna kill ya at 55mph+ thats howcome they only produced em for a few years I beleive.

I have a 5spd narrowblock that I have no real use for. in KS

[marlin3030hntr]

Ya, I think that 4spd gonna kill ya at 55mph+ thats howcome they only produced em for a few years I beleive.

I have a 5spd narrowblock that I have no real use for. in KS

Wow wonder what it would cost to ship that to AZ any idea how much it weighs??

[marlin3030hntr]

A place I used to work had a forklift with the 2.0 on propane. It ran great and I've always kept the thought in the back of my head for if NY ever decides to get stupid and go nuts with emissions. I've never looked for a kit, but popped the hood and saw an Impco carb on it. It didn't look like it would be real hard to make something up though.

I have a 2.6 so no help on mpg.

Propane really in actuallity isn't all that hard it takes time and experince to tune it but once you have it set its no problem i love it for my little 64 Scout for 4 wheeling, no flooding or stalling and the fuel NEVER GOES BAD. i've been checking it out and I think i can do it on this little arrow and cross my fingers it looks like I can modify a Carter 2bbl throttlebody and use an impco adapter to a ca100 mixer, pair that with a j converter and an electric lockoff, and a 10gal forklift tan mounted in the bed since this will be my daily driver and I rarely drive more than 15 miles on any given direction it would hopefully be awsome. Being this longblock in this truck is brand new it would up my engine life indefinitely especially paired with synthetic oil and cuz propane causes almost no wear on components since its not a solvent the sky is the limit, could lean it way out and have a killer mileage machine.