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texanidiot25 · 03-03-2011, 02:59 PM

Everything I've read about ITBs and bike carbs on small cars leads this: Better top end power, possibly less low end torque (depends on runner lengths), and in the case of carbs-- far worse fuel economy and with webbers, far more tweaking when the weather changes.

If you must stick with Geos for towing (don't just think about the engine, think about how safely it can handle and STOP that weight), there is simply no replacement for displacement. The 4 banger is your next step.

Beyond that, just find a 4 banger S10 or Ranger with a 5 speed.

03-03-2011, 02:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
texanidiot25 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 331 Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am 90 day: 19.31 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 18 Posts	Everything I've read about ITBs and bike carbs on small cars leads this: Better top end power, possibly less low end torque (depends on runner lengths), and in the case of carbs-- far worse fuel economy and with webbers, far more tweaking when the weather changes. If you must stick with Geos for towing (don't just think about the engine, think about how safely it can handle and STOP that weight), there is simply no replacement for displacement. The 4 banger is your next step. Beyond that, just find a 4 banger S10 or Ranger with a 5 speed. __________________ Lets see how far it can go "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues Last edited by texanidiot25; 03-03-2011 at 03:34 PM..