:) that sounds like some interesting homework!
I'll do it right after I replace the ball joints - the upper and lower
joints on the left front are a little questionable. Are you supposed
to get a 1/4" of slop between the lower a-arm and the suspension
upright? :)
After I get it fixed I'll do a fuel economy run as well as 60-0
distance and time. that's assuming there's enough room to get up to
60mph with a whopping 60hp at the crank.
fwiw, tires involved were 165/70/13 firestone and two no-name brands
mixed; 185/60/14 Winterforce Snows @ 36psi on stock Miata daisy's;
205/50/15 Kumho SPT @34psi on Kosie 15x7. I think I actually doubled
the value of the car when I put the Kosei's on, and then doubled it
again when I filled up the gas tank. :)
I'll report back....
-Chuck
Robert McElwee wrote:
Chuck, you have homework. We need to see some numbers
(60-0mph) for both sets of tires.
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Chris < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Wow!
That's a wake up! thx
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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