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Well, this thread seems to have died but I will post here anyway. Never got a reply back on the 49,000 mile Metro in Craig's List but met someone who had a 1989 Subaru Justy engine who claimed it only had 35,000 miles on it. Got that from him and also a Geo long block which he had rebuilt. Sooo....naturally right after that there was a driveable Metro for sale on Craig's List that would not pass the PA inspection. So I bought that also.
So, if anyone needs a '89 Justy engine, I have it listed in the Pittsburgh Craigs's List. Will also be putting the unused Metro parts there too.
My plan was to build a high MPG locost 7 type car. Which Jack is now saying (on the locostUSA site) will probably not get as good of milage as the original car due to the poor aerodynamics of the locost 7 type car. My wife ask me why I was worried about good milage on a car that I would only be driving a few hundred miles a year. Ummmmm...women can be so darn practical.
Anyway, I am in the process of totally striping the Metro. I know that they probably took less than an hour to build this car but it is taking me forever to tear it apart. There seems to be more wiring in this thing than there was in the missile launchers I used to work on before retiring. I have gotten Miata suspension components because I wanted this to be upgradable for more power. My eleven year old grandson will probably wind up with it and I a sure he will want more than fifty HP.
I am open to suggestions on how to go about this build. This is all totally new to me since I have never been a "car person".
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