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Old 01-22-2011, 03:22 PM   #13 (permalink)
Jim-Bob
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Super-Metro! - '92 Geo Metro Base

$250 Pizza Delivery Car - '91 Geo Metro Base
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90 day: 43.75 mpg (US)

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Go ahead and put that ball valve in your fuel system. It will not do anything to change the actual NEEDS of the engine. Thus you will lean it out excessively and burn some valves or put a hole in a piston or 6. I also want to know how the bloody hell you could even get a quart of fuel into your vacuum lines? It's not like there is that much volume in even the most vacuum line choked V8 from the 70's, let alone a modern engine. Plus, most of the vacuum related components of the emissions controls and power brakes are not designed to be in close contact with gasoline. You will likely damage your power brake booster and dump all that fuel into the floor of the driver's side of the car where the next spark inside of a relay or old switch will be ready to ignite the mixture.
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(Note: the car sees 100% city driving and is EPA rated at 37 mpg city)
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