I picked up an 89 CRX HF a few months ago. It's pretty ratty, but can
still manages 40-50mpg.
Interesting side note - it came with rock-hard 165/70/13 tires that
were shot... so I put on 185/60/14 snows from my Miata and the fuel
economy went from 50+ down to 40. So then I tried 205/50/15 (also
laying around from the miata project) and the average went up to 42mpg,
repeatably.
I was just shocked how much of a difference the tire size/type can make.
I figure with a little maintenance and some good pizza-cutter tires I
should be back up in the 50+mpg range.
-Chuck
Robert McElwee wrote:
I figure a 98 Metro would work just fine. I want something
that is ODBII so I can do some datalogging with it. I can't find any
nice Metros around here but I am looking...
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Chris < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I started
with a diesel rabbit but it was
just too smelly, noisy, slow and ugly for me. So I sold it and have a
line on a
'98 3cyl Metro. I may chase down the "Metro XFI" components
which are 2 ring pistons, special cam, and special gearing, and maybe
computer
(still learning). There are web sites with people getting 70+ with
these but I
suspect they are in very flat areas.
What car did
you decide on and what other
types did u consider? Gas or diesel?
From: Robert McElwee
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April
28, 2008 10:26
PM
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Robert McElwee and Red Beast
1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI
Link ECU, FM IC, 9:1 pistons
Over 400 lbs of "added lightness"
www.lightweightmiata.com
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www.lightweightmiata.com/forum
The Miata Trailer Project:
www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer
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