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Originally Posted by Sven7
I just have to ask though, if you're doing all this work to the Mustang why not buy a beat to crap Festiva and get 40 MPG right out of the box? It would pay for itself with the kind of driving you do.
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... But, this car goes to 11!
It's a fair question. One reason is that I'm going to build an extreme FE trike. Money spent on even a Festiva is going to take that project down a peg or two. Plus, even at 40 MPG, that's only a savings of ~$1000/year from my current driving requirements. ~$1600 @ 60 MPG. The nearest Festiva I can find on autotrader is $2500.
My budget for the trike is $4000 for stage one. Hitting a 100 MPG average would net ~$2200 in fuel savings a year. I think that's an easy target for the design I have in mind. But, back to the 'Stang.
At this point, until the trike is running DD/all-weather status, mods to the mustang are "free." Anything that requires more materials than the scrap I've got lying around is going to have to hold off.