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Old 05-06-2010, 09:34 PM   #41 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
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Lowering the car sounds like a great idea, but for the dirt road i must traverse on a regular basis. Generally it would allow for a lowered car, but on occasion the road becomes more akin to a creek bed, which makes the stock height advantageous. If it weren't so expensive to install a kit to raise/lower the car at will that's what I would do.

I'm actually thinking about installing some sort of custom built ground effects to "lower" the car while still having the body high enough for the occasional rock to go harmlessly by. I'd rather damage some homemade air deflectors than the bottom of the car. Good thinking though.

How do you manage only 28 mpg in a Sentra??? My 83 sentra wagon got 35 if i dogged on it, ran the AC and sped. Do you have a 3 speed auto?

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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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