Re: [Amc-list] Gas mileage

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 20:18 -0500, Clarence Milstead wrote:
>> I think most AMC cars came from the factory with restrictive exhaust
>> systems. Opening up the exhaust system is one of the best things you can do
>> to increase mileage. My 1971 Gremlin picked up two miles to the gallon when
>> I installed Clifford headers. 
> 
> We'll probably never really know what the reasons were, but I bet there
> was many of them and few of them were "obvious". Fleet mileage?
> Emissions? Probably if you strangle the sh*t out of the little six smog
> drops or something. Or detuned/underpowered, they got fewer warranty
> claims, and CONSUMER REPORTS rated them higher. 
<snip>

I'd bet the scraps of a rusty Rambler quarter panel that the reason the 
exhaust is so restrictive was to make the car quite. It wasn't until 
fairly recently you could have both quite and efficient.

Matt
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