700R4 ratios

[Tom Cloud]

>> yeah, but a '93 Continental doesn't weigh 5600 pounds dry,
>> like my '95 'burban with TBI and it probably doesn't have
>> a 350 CID engine.  I'm running 16" tires and 3.73 rear end.
>> It's 4WD also.  I record every drop of petrol that goes into
>> it and after 40,000 miles, many on good highway runs, I'd
>> love to know how to get 15 mpg
>> 
>
>My 88 Chevy fullsize p/u has the same gears and really tall tires.  I get
>17 or better on the highway -- have sen 22 - and 12 to 15 around town.  

we're probably straying slightly from the forum content,
but 5600 pounds weighs more than your pu loaded to its
max (assuming it's a 1/2 ton) -- 4000# + 1000# = 5000#.
Imagine what mpg you'd get if you drove it fully loaded
 ** all the time **  ..... and then add 600 more pounds,
plus occupants ... and other paraphernalia -- up to another
1/2 ton [the 'burban weighs 5600# ... dry, no fuel, no
occupants, no nothing -- not even floor mats  ;-)  ]

Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>