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Old 05-07-2008, 02:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
ebacherville
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Good cheap project cars

I have a been doing veggie oil for a while and now want to do a mod to a high MPG gas car, I'm looking for very cheap donor vehicles.. I want cheap because I'm going to go extreme on these mods... don't want any reason to not go hog wild

So I was looking at older high MPG cars.. surprisingly one that came on my radar was one of the boxiest cars ever made with a larger motor, 4 door Dodge/Plymouth omni/horizon's.. many reports of there bullet proof 2.2 L motors doing highway at 41mpg... and I found one cheap, there pre ODB2, but fuel injected, so a mpg computer isn't going to be as simple.

I also run across older, say 88 era escorts etc... a few saturns in the early 90's etc.. .. all the older first gen metros up here are rusted to death.. salt rust there front suspension and they fall in half ..

So my question is should I invest in a ODB2 car or just go cheap, and use the per tank average as my gauge..

Again I'm going to do big mods, full suspension drop, raising the hood line to smooth it out and cowl the wipers, full wheel skirts all around, total nose mods and tail etc.

In my area civics are hard to come by and usually expensive for anything drivable.. Any recommendations for what to look for that usually can be had cheap and already is fairly efficient from the get go.

Also any particular cars that had ODB2 before 96' to keep a eye out for?

Any suggestions welcome.

Ebacherville

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