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Old 12-22-2011, 08:41 PM   #17 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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White Whale - '07 Dodge Ram 2500 ST Quad Cab 2wd, short bed
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Interesting project.

In your original post you call it a "consumer car". How are you defining "consumer"?

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Originally Posted by drmiller100 View Post
Diesel is not an acceptable alternative in the US.
What's your basis for this statement? Noise? Weight? Just curious.

The important unadressed question I see is, what is about your vehicle that going to be different and thus give you 100 mpg? It looks like your going to have a stock engine, stock frontal area & weight (as compared to say a Geo Metro). I guess you can improve the aero some from stock. Where are all these extra mpgs going to come from?
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