Better Gas Mileage?
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From: Amherstburg
haha yea my car is my dd... if you don't drive it... whats the point in having it? Just to show off? Eh thats silly to me... but thats cool.
btw this is in NO WAY an attack on you... I don't even know you.
btw this is in NO WAY an attack on you... I don't even know you.
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From: Torrento
Doug Pelmar's 1987 Ford Mustang LX Coupe might have just become our favorite X-Prize competitor. How come? Well, first off, LX Coupes are awesome to begin with, but Mr. Pelmar's is even more special. Rather than neuter his 'Stang in the name of high efficiency, he's gone and created something that should contend in the X-Prize's "Mainstream" category, but would also be right at home on the pages of Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords. The car's engine runs on E85 for emissions purposes and has several modifications that Mr. Pelmar designed (mostly electronics, it seems) allowing it to run much more efficiently -- to the tune of 80 miles per gallon -- while producing 400 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque. He admits that he could squeeze more MPGs out if he dialed back the power some, but where's the fun in that? 80 MPG and 400 horses in a Fox body seems like a completely reasonable compromise
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From: Lethbridge AB
Where? I wouldn't mind reading the actual article or seeing the test results. 
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/02/l...g-with-400-hp/
Only link I could find says "claimed" MPG and nothing tested...
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/02/l...g-with-400-hp/
Only link I could find says "claimed" MPG and nothing tested...
Last edited by couleeman; Jul 3, 2008 at 08:17 AM.
I am surprised on how much gas your cars use. I used to have a 89 5.0 coupe with 300k's and in the summer I could get 425kms to a tank and 375 in the winter. The car was a 5spd stock gears.
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