Top Gun fuel burn good & bad
05-29-2009, 08:43 AM
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Top Gun fuel burn good & bad
-Thought I'd share this data from last weekend.
We had some friends over and spent a couple days playing with my old straight bottom Gun. Tanks were empty, we put $400.00 (178 gals)in and ran pretty easy all weekend, mostly cruising 3000-4000 rpm with just a couple quick blasts up to 5600.
The 178 gallons lasted 8 hrs.
22.5 gallons per hr for an old Top Gun with 700 hp blower motors. I thought that was pretty decent for an old 12,000 lb sled!
What are others with similar set ups burning for fuel?
Kurt
We had some friends over and spent a couple days playing with my old straight bottom Gun. Tanks were empty, we put $400.00 (178 gals)in and ran pretty easy all weekend, mostly cruising 3000-4000 rpm with just a couple quick blasts up to 5600.
The 178 gallons lasted 8 hrs.
22.5 gallons per hr for an old Top Gun with 700 hp blower motors. I thought that was pretty decent for an old 12,000 lb sled!
What are others with similar set ups burning for fuel?
Kurt
05-29-2009, 09:11 AM
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Ran the Cig F-2 in the key west poker run two years ago & got 1.4 mpg @ 75 mph avg. 108 Gal for the trip from Miami to Key West. Our boat weighed about 8000 lbs in race form.
Twin step Cigarette. 525 efi's, Bravo xr's sportmaster lowers on 12 inch boxes.
Twin step Cigarette. 525 efi's, Bravo xr's sportmaster lowers on 12 inch boxes.
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05-29-2009, 10:48 AM
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'97 straight hull gun with 540HP modified 502(509)MPI's. My fuel gauge has been broken for several years so I have to keep very acurate fuel usage records to know where I am.
My fuel usage is very consistant tank to tank at 17-18 gal's per hour.
My fuel usage is very consistant tank to tank at 17-18 gal's per hour.
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-Thought I'd share this data from last weekend.
We had some friends over and spent a couple days playing with my old straight bottom Gun. Tanks were empty, we put $400.00 (178 gals)in and ran pretty easy all weekend, mostly cruising 3000-4000 rpm with just a couple quick blasts up to 5600.
The 178 gallons lasted 8 hrs.
22.5 gallons per hr for an old Top Gun with 700 hp blower motors. I thought that was pretty decent for an old 12,000 lb sled!
What are others with similar set ups burning for fuel?
Kurt
We had some friends over and spent a couple days playing with my old straight bottom Gun. Tanks were empty, we put $400.00 (178 gals)in and ran pretty easy all weekend, mostly cruising 3000-4000 rpm with just a couple quick blasts up to 5600.
The 178 gallons lasted 8 hrs.
22.5 gallons per hr for an old Top Gun with 700 hp blower motors. I thought that was pretty decent for an old 12,000 lb sled!
What are others with similar set ups burning for fuel?
Kurt
So how many miles you think you ran?
