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Old 06-15-2017, 08:34 PM   #44 (permalink)
arcosine
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sc1 - '98 saturn sc1
Team Saturn
90 day: 43.17 mpg (US)

Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour

rans - '97 rans tailwind

tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129

2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L
90 day: 28.25 mpg (US)

red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI

big tractor - '66 ford 3400

red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI
90 day: 58.42 mpg (US)

RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo
90 day: 16.67 mpg (US)
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Hi,
Lets see, 74 mpg at 50 mph = 50 mpg at 74 mph. I'm thinking of getting a Geo metro and ecomodding it. Did you do the rear springs? Is 95 the best year?

The WAI on my saturn gets up to 175F at highway speeds, I use an old (80's) vacuum controlled flapper that opens to cool air at WOT.

I have a couple of spring compressors, you might rig something that holds the spring length and then jack up the car to get the springs out.

What springs did you use? I guess you 'll find out if it bounces first time you corner hard at speed. I made really stiff anti-roll bars on the saturn, slight oversteer without throttle. gets bouncy at speed and hard cornering, but zippy around town.
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