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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
I remember in 1984 when I bought a CRX 1.5 new, I averaged 44 MPG for close to 50k miles. I was considering the 1.3, especially when I read about a car rag driving it at 55MPH until it ran out of gas. They got 73 MPG. I chose the 1.5 because it would do 0-60 in just under 10 seconds while the 1.3 took close to 14 seconds to get to 60 MPH.
If you want really slow 0-60 acceleration the 58 VW was really slow at something over 20 seconds to 60 and would really suffer trying to get to 70 MPH if it would make it at all.
Not many modern cars (if any) are slower than 0-60 in 10 seconds today. I also remember my 63 Valiant with the 170 fighting to stay at 40 MPG up an 8% grade on Afton mountain between Charlottesville and Waynesboro Va. 2-3-2-3-2-3 shifts for close to 7 miles climbing that grade, but I did manage 28 MPG on that trip. Supposedly 101 HP, but I had the carb set lean so probably not near that power. Used to like buying the Valiants when the PCV got plugged up and the owners thought the engine was gone at 40K miles.
regards
Mech
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was that a slant six?
one of my favorite engines of all time. i owned one of the last built, an '85 D150. the only thing i didn't like about it was the 1 bbl carb with a fixed mixture port. couldn't lean it out to get past emissions like i did with an old F-150.