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Old 06-13-2009, 08:28 AM   #4 (permalink)
Jim Allen
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Your Yaris is a great example of an efficient small car.

The Trabant was one of the worst-built POS ever foisted off on the world. Not to mention inefficient and gawdawful dirty out the tailpipe.

If you insist on a two-stroke... look at some of the latest snowmobiles. They are pretty much the pinnacle of that genre... such as it is. I once saw a dune buggy that had been repowered by a Polaris two-stroke snowmobile engine. 0-60 in about 4 seconds. 250 hp out of 450 cc's (IIRC). Insanely fast. Relatively easy on fuel too... in context.
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My ultimate goal is not necessarily the highest mpg but to make my trucks more efficient configured as I need them.

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