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Old 08-18-2013, 10:25 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I'm good at 18HP, honestly. There's so little traffic around here in the areas I need to go 45 or so, acceleration is just one of those 'gotta do it eventually' things. I've made the entire trip from my house to my old man's house without going over 30MPH just because I didn't feel like it once.

I'd really like to get a Kohler 3 cylinder or something similar for the extra bottom end, but frankly, if I put the motor in it and it runs and goes, that'll be good enough until I can save up for something a little better later on.

I do plan on lightening the car up, I sort of arbitrarily chose 45MPH because that's the speed at which road load and aero load sort of meet up typically. Plus it's the min legal speed on highways in PA. I'll be sure to use a tail tag [orange triangle] to indicate a slow moving vehicle.
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