Not much to add
My cruise fuel burn rate is higher 10-11 gph with a O-360-A1A and C/S Hartzell. I used to get exactly 10 gph with a O-360-A4M in the Archer II we had based at SNA for 22 years (Tiedown #304 - there may be a red/silver/black ghost of a PA28-181 there). Oil estimate is far too high - as previous poster said 8-10 hours per quart (0.125 to 0.1 qt/hr) is more common. My wife Jeanine and I built our RV-6A in Laguna Hills before I retired and I flew to work every day from SNA to EMT and I never bought my fuel at SNA. I still fly all over the country to participate in ~20 air races per year and I have never yet seen fuel prices as high as what you are quoting for SNA. I usually see them in the low $6+ range at the expensive stops. The tiedown cost at SNA sounds about the same as when I left there in 2004. I am now paying $160/month for a large T-hangar with good lighting and electrical outlets in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Speed ... I routinely beat Bonanzas and Mooneys. I extracted all of the RV-6A speeds from the SARL database available for download at
www.sportairrace.org and pasted them here for you:
Race Date Class A/C Type Pilot/Crew KTS MPH
AirVenture Cup 2012 7/22/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 195.26 224.70
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 194.56 223.89
Taylor 150, 2013 4/13/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 193.71 222.92
Rocket 100, 2010 11/20/10 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 192.80 221.87
BCAF 2013 5/3/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 192.30 221.3
Memorial Day, Terrell, TX 5/25/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 190.97 219.77
Great Northwest Air Race IV 9/7/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 190.90 219.68
Firecracker 100, Marysville, OH 6/29/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 190.64 219.39
Ghost Run Air Race, Jasper, TX 10/27/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 189.21 217.73
Lone Star Air Rally, 2012 10/6/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 189.28 217.68
MERFI Air Race 2013 8/24/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 188.87 217.35
Texoma 100, 2008 4/20/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 188.36 216.80
Pappy Boyington Memorial Cup 8/17/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 188.26 216.64
Ozark Grove AR, Grove, OK 11/3/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 188.22 216.6
Mount Vernon 100, Ilinois 7/27/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 188.15 216.51
Hill Country 150 II 4/27/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 188.05 216.4
Big Sky Air Race, Townsend, MT 7/6/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 187.89 216.22
GNAR III, Ephrata, WA 6/16/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 187.74 216.05
MERFI 150, Urbana, Ohio 8/25/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 187.68 215.98
Tennessee Valley Air Race 2010 10/30/10 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 187.52 215.83
Indy Air Race 2013 8/10/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 186.72 214.88
Pagosa Springs 160 9/21/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 186.54 214.52
Indy Air Race 2012 8/11/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 185.39 213.35
Cleveland Air Race, 2012 10/13/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 185.33 213.27
AirCap 200 8/24/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 185.16 213.08
Tullahoma 150, Tennessee 9/29/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 185.02 212.91
Hill Country 150, 2012 4/21/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 184.97 212.86
Rocket 100, Taylor, TX 11/10/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 184.77 212.63
BCAF Time Trial 4/28/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 184.38 212.18
BSAR II, Three Forks, MT 7/7/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 183.99 211.74
Pappy Boyington Memorial Cup 8/18/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 183.86 211.59
Rocket 100 2008 11/23/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 183.83 211.55
Taylor 150, 2011 4/2/11 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 183.41 211.07
Big Muddy, Carbondale, IL 6/9/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 183.34 210.98
Texoma 100, 2013 4/6/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 182.69 210.24
Taylor 100 2009 3/16/09 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 182.35 209.85
AirVenture Cup 2013 7/28/13 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 182.15 209.61
Taylor 150, 2012 4/14/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 181.47 208.84
BCAF 150, 2008 5/4/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 181.45 208.81
Grace Flight 2010 10/2/10 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 181.23 208.54
Texoma 100, 2012 3/31/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 180.87 208.14
Memphis 100 2008 10/19/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 180.26 207.44
AirVenture Cup 2007 7/23/07 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 179.99 207.13
AirVenture Cup 2010 7/26/10 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 179.83 206.94
Memorial 150, Terrell, TX 5/26/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 178.44 206.28
Tennessee Valley Air Race 2009 6/14/09 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 178.98 205.97
AirVenture Cup 2007 7/23/07 RV Red RV-6A Klusmier, Larry 178.90 205.87
Colorado 150, 2008 6/29/08 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 178.63 205.56
West Texas 100 6/6/10 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 178.04 204.89
Pagosa Springs 150, Colorado 9/22/12 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob 177.22 203.94
Memphis 100, 2007 10/28/07 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 176.86 203.52
Rocket 100, 2007 11/18/07 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 176.33 202.92
BSAR II, Three Forks, MT 7/7/12 RV Blue RV-6A Klewin, Kurt 172.79 198.84
Wichita 300 7/17/07 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 169.91 195.53
Great Canadian Air Rally 2010 8/22/10 RV Blue RV-6A Kukura, Dave 169.62 195.20
Taylor 100 2007 5/20/07 RV Blue RV-6A Axsom, Bob & Jeanine 168.72 194.16
Thunderbird Air Race, 2012 10/13/12 RV Red RV-6A Ahrens, David 167.42 192.66
Big Sky Air Race 7/9/11 RV Blue RV-6A Klewin, Kurt 165.48 190.44
Texoma 100, 2012 3/31/12 RV Blue RV-6A Gehle, Dave 165.08 189.97
West Texas 100 2009 4/12/09 RV Blue RV-6A Nymeyer, Rance 164.12 188.86
Rocket 100, 2011 11/19/11 RV Blue RV-6A Moore, Mike 163.43 188.08
TVA II 2009 10/18/09 RV Red RV-6A Phillips, Mark 162.66 187.19
Texoma 100, 2008 4/20/08 RV Red RV-6A Heathco, Charlie 161.75 186.17
Ozark Grove AR, Grove, OK 11/3/12 RV Red RV-6A Heathco, Charlie 160.07 184.21
Memphis 100, 2007 10/28/07 RV Blue RV-6A Lee, Ron 158.66 182.59
Lone Star Air Rally 5/14/11 RV Red RV-6A Bivens, Darrell 154.86 178.21
Great NW Air Race 6/13/10 RV Red RV-6A Hungelmann, Bill 152.37 175.35
Texoma 100, 2013 4/6/13 RV Red RV-6A Heathco, Charlie 145.01 166.88
Lone Star Air Rally 5/14/11 RV Red RV-6A McGinnis, Patrick 144.92 166.77
I wish I had not retired and left southern California even with its high prices - the best and brightest cancer doctors do not flock to small towns in NW Arkansas to perform their work. I now fly alone.
Bob Axsom