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Old 10-20-2013, 03:05 PM   #28 (permalink)
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It sounds to me like you ought to deal with the oil burning issue and then stop worrying about it. Do some aero mods that are easy to undo and won't leave a scar, and call it good.
That's the basic plan. This exercise was intended to find an engine I could potentially swap in instead. I didn't want to do all the work of opening up the block and then find an engine I could swap in that is more efficient and possibly have more power.

I still have time until my friend's garage gets built (at which point, I will have a place to do it and an expert to help), so I have time to make a decision, but I am having a problem finding a good engine to swap. That was point of starting this thread, to get some ideas. It looks like the NZ engine would be my best option, but I don't want to do it, unless there is a fairly large increase in FE. (1MPG isn't going to be worth it, 10MPG is a different story.)
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