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10-06-2010, 12:36 AM
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Most of the cost savings fuel wise for a diesel are over rated because of the difference in price between diesel and reg unleaded in most parts of the country. You'd have to get like 20% more mpg vs a gas hybrid for it to even be equal where I live.
Again, not about the environment for me, its about money.
Again, not about the environment for me, its about money.
Definitely agree on your second quoted point.
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10-06-2010, 01:00 AM
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I think I got 220 once. All city driving. compared to best of 300 when it was bone stock.
After that ONE tank the car stopped being a daily driver and I stopped giving two ***** about gas mileage.
I THINK I could probably get it to get very close to how it was if I really concentrated on it and perfected the map to be ultra super duper economical. I'd probably get around 260-270.
Right now its running super rich and I'm ok with that. Better to be safe then get better mileage.
After that ONE tank the car stopped being a daily driver and I stopped giving two ***** about gas mileage.
I THINK I could probably get it to get very close to how it was if I really concentrated on it and perfected the map to be ultra super duper economical. I'd probably get around 260-270.
Right now its running super rich and I'm ok with that. Better to be safe then get better mileage.
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10-06-2010, 10:00 AM
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To play devil's advocate with the CR-Z/CR-X thing, feature/safety bloat has had an impact. Just think of all the things a new model today is supposed to do well compared with a late '80s or early '90s car. It needs to be gentle to pedestrians in front of it, coddle its operator in airbags if there's a crash, to compete (and appeal to youths) it needs a "bitchin'" stereo, etc. etc.
DI we have, but to use one example on stratified injection, the Euro market VW FSI motors use stratified injection and ours do not, citing the need to conform to our more stringent NOx standard.
Interestingly, the engine in the EG Civic VX had a cool lean-burn feature, where one intake valve remained closed at low engine speeds and used a VTEC-like system (called VTEC-E) to open the second valve at something like 2300 RPM. From idle to 2300ish, it burned very, very lean, and got away with it because, I'm told, of the furious swirling turbulence using just one intake valve caused. Some later Honda engines used this "VTEC-E" and also conventional "VTEC" on the same engine.
DI we have, but to use one example on stratified injection, the Euro market VW FSI motors use stratified injection and ours do not, citing the need to conform to our more stringent NOx standard.
Interestingly, the engine in the EG Civic VX had a cool lean-burn feature, where one intake valve remained closed at low engine speeds and used a VTEC-like system (called VTEC-E) to open the second valve at something like 2300 RPM. From idle to 2300ish, it burned very, very lean, and got away with it because, I'm told, of the furious swirling turbulence using just one intake valve caused. Some later Honda engines used this "VTEC-E" and also conventional "VTEC" on the same engine.
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10-06-2010, 10:12 AM
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I owned a 1991 CRX HF. Make no mistake, it was an absolute dog...no torque, no revs, and geared pretty long. BUT --
I averaged 49 mpg driving 80-82 mph on an 800ish mile roadtrip with me, a passenger, and the back full of our stuff (albeit in winter with the A/C off).
There isn't an easier car to swap audio stuff...all 4 speakers are accessible behind individually removable panels that pop off with a couple screws each, and there's plenty of room for the deck (and the center console doesn't even go all the way to the firewall so you can reach behind it to route the harness).
Also, I ran the motor dry by accident...oil pickup line clogged with something, dummy light didn't come on, and I didn't realize until it was apparent that I needed more and more throttle to maintain speed. Towed it to the shop, had them clean it up and change the oil, and it started right up and ran perfectly till the day I sold it.
The guy who bought it swapped a B16 into it and JDMed the hell out of it. Kind of sad, but he did have pretty fast little car.
I averaged 49 mpg driving 80-82 mph on an 800ish mile roadtrip with me, a passenger, and the back full of our stuff (albeit in winter with the A/C off).
There isn't an easier car to swap audio stuff...all 4 speakers are accessible behind individually removable panels that pop off with a couple screws each, and there's plenty of room for the deck (and the center console doesn't even go all the way to the firewall so you can reach behind it to route the harness).
Also, I ran the motor dry by accident...oil pickup line clogged with something, dummy light didn't come on, and I didn't realize until it was apparent that I needed more and more throttle to maintain speed. Towed it to the shop, had them clean it up and change the oil, and it started right up and ran perfectly till the day I sold it.
The guy who bought it swapped a B16 into it and JDMed the hell out of it. Kind of sad, but he did have pretty fast little car.
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10-06-2010, 12:24 PM
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i backed the displacement down because a chipped 2.0liter tdi motor (european spec) makes 200hp and 320ftlb torque... which might be considered overkill for a commuter miata lol
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10-06-2010, 02:45 PM
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Gas should be 75 cents a gallon but we won't allow ourselves to obtain what we already own AND we won't allow ourselves to refine like we should. It's our lack of control and oversight over our government that causes this self-inflicted crisis. We can't have light cars because of safety regulations and emissions regulations. We can't have cheap cars because of the previous two plus fuel economy regulations. There is little competition from new brands because of all of the stupid legal requirements keeping them from being able to start up and compete. As ridiculously ---- as our government is about imposing regulations to protect us from ourselves, I'm sincerely surprised that motorcycles have not yet been made illegal.
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10-06-2010, 02:49 PM
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I think that's a great idea. **** motorcyclists. Each time I see a dumb **** biker driving like a ******** (half the time) I worry about running them over when they fall, picturing them dying and me going to jail for manslaughter.
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