I am a Mustang guy at heart, Ford fanatic to say the least and an all around Automotive NUT. I have always been drawn to big power, street/strip monsters and have been toying with power since I could afford to mod my car. Ive always, in the back of my mind, messed around with the idea of getting a simple, reliable and fuel efficient vehicle as a daily driver so the Mustang could sit and be worked on whenever needed. After buying vehicle after vehicle that met every requirement BUT being gas friendly, I finally broke down and went on the hunt. My search came to an end on Nov. 10th when I worked a deal on my latest project.
She's a 93 Ford Escort LX, 4 door, 1.9 liter, 5 speed manual with 193K miles. She runs like a top and looks pretty decent I think. The only maintenance and work Ive done so far are steering and brake related. I still need to tune her up and start makin some Ecomods, but I didnt have time so I filled the tires to max and put some new wipers on it. I played around with shift points and coasting, but that was the extent of any technique I put into it. I just filled up for the second time after a very hectic weekend and saw 338 miles on 10 gallons used!!! Im beyone happy!!! I not only killed the EPA avg mpg, but squeeked past the hwy number as well on a mixed tank!!! I woulda be more than happy with what the EPA stated cause thats 2x what my truck gets, but this is phenominal! I am not working on shifting around 2K rpm religiously and learning to coast a little earlier. Im also waiting to start the car until Im 100% ready to go and EOC into parking lots and driveway. I plan on doin a tuneup very soon as well as replacing tires and struts. Aero-mods are floating thru my head as well, but I want them to be tasteful so I have alot of research and questioning to do before then. Just thought Ide share my triumph...altho small compared to all of yall, you gotta start somewhere!
Matt