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Originally Posted by freebeard
Go with the Geo Tracker. Did you know both it and the Geo Metro were based on a car called Cultus? How cool is that?
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I think I was getting 24 mpg when mine was new back in 1990. I did mostly city driving and it was just under 20 mpg. After 20 years of ownership rust finally took her down,
Zebra Tracker by George Kachadoorian | Photobucket
I converted to an electric fan on my 4.3L in the S10 just over a month ago. I had it powered up to the big fuse for the ABS (which I don't use). This allowed the fan to run after the ignition was off, and when it got cold killed the battery. It is now wired to the A/C fuse (A/C non-working as well), others have it wired to the back-up lights or the wipers are also good junction points in the engine bay fuse box.
With electric fan, a little bit more get up and go, and the feeling I'm getting better mpg, but cannot confirm as the odometer stopped working last year. Trips which used to use close to a half tank, are now 1/3 of a tank trips. I think my old fan clutch was original on a close to 200,000 mile truck. I read they last 50,000 to a max of 100,000 miles, 75K on average.
FYI: Just as good, perhaps greater improvement by switching to Shell gas. I swear this nitrogen enriched
V-Power thing is not hype, not marketing, it works. Better gas mileage, better acceleration, smoother running............I do not lie.
Both my S-10 and vintage Porsche 911 run on it now, I try not to use anything else.