[larrybuck]

For SOME of you; you are old enough that your dream cars used to be gas sucking classic performance cars, long before being PC, and hyper pollution awareiaaatied!! (like that word?) I remember the day I saw my first picture of an early Pantera in Hot Rod Mag. of all places.... I didn't even know those existed until that day!!! Now I'm a bit gaga over the Beck 904! It's a high dollar replica of the few, and seldom seen Porsche 904. To me; its quite a looker!

So, I'm thinking to myself; what Diesel would fit in there; be powerful enough for a badboy image, yet still give us our ecomodder mpg when we want it, w/o weighing in like a boat anchor?

Some of you have the answer already, but I want it (eng/systems) to be low tech enough; so if we SUDDENLY became a 3rd world country where most computers no longer operate; that it still meets all of the above criteria!! Still have an answer???

I blush at what a Beck 904 roller only would run for if even they would sell in that form!! I'm sure something based instead off of a Fiero would be much more practical. Several yrs ago, I read of a Dino replica (fiero) that was reviewed as being high quality, but I don't see it showing up ANYWHERE these days.......


Dreaming is fun, but to be practical; (I may have asked this before) have any of you an idea of what diesel could fit the best in a Fiero cheaply, and FAR beat the stock 2.5's highway 32-34 mpg???????????