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Old 06-07-2014, 06:27 PM   #11 (permalink)
Superfuelgero
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Location: The intersection of TN/MS/AL
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Turtle - '92 Honda Civic Vx
Team Honda
90 day: 67.09 mpg (US)

Rolla - '10 Toyota Corolla Le

Beast - '91 Chevy V2500

Bus - '01 VW Eurovan MV

Speed - '93 Harley bored and storked Harley w/ turbo/ nitrous
90 day: 53.09 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by renault_megane_dci View Post
I kind of don't get the purpose of the whole project.

You could re-purpose a race car and use it on the street ?

It's plain science - fiction for me since I am in France where it's very much impossible ...

What's the engine in the race car ?

What about EV power ?
Point, higher potential for mpg. The stock scooter is good for 130mpg. Adding a more aerodynamic body should make it capable of 200 under ideal conditions.

The third wheel could be completely shrouded, so it would have a lower cd than my vx, and a much smaller frontal area.

You can repurpose here. It would fall under motorcycle regulations with 3 wheels.

Its a race prepped air cooled vw, not great for mpg.

EV power won't have the range I would want.

May have to wait for a bit, the scooter sold. I'll keep an eye out for a wrecked grom. I may have to settle for a cbr250, i the building bug hits hard enough.

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