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Old 09-01-2013, 11:31 AM   #26 (permalink)
UltArc
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Silver Flea - '05 Honda Insight
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Originally Posted by Lbar View Post
I almost switched it out for a E55 back in February, but that low compression fuel economy was too much LOL. I'm making a 100 more horsepower than a 04 CLK55. I put down 401 at the wheels which is around 460-470 at the motor. On the street the closest race I've had was with a stock 996 911 Turbo.

I have a set of ported/decked heads sitting here for it. They will net me about 40 more horsepower at the wheels, so 500+ on the motor. I'm interested to see what happens with the fuel economy. Going to 11:1 compression should help but the larger volume in the heads might hurt me.
Mike,

Do you track fuel economy on a different site or on a spreadsheet? Or does this bad boy just get limited driving, or are you close to work and family? I noticed you don't really fill up very often- or at least track it here.

I know I use fuelly and FE.gov, but those aren't updated as I go, they are updated a while after I update EM.
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