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Hi Geofly,
Welcome to ecomodder and thanks for stopping by. I also tend to think the Centurion is a perfect ecocar. There is not a lot of them rolling around these days. There is actually only two currently in running form and one of those is in a museum. Mine was running when it had the 3 cylinder engine under the hood but I have decided to use a two cylinder Kubota engine along with numerous other modifications to further its fuel miser potential. So currently the car is not running and will be rebuilt with all of my modifications and ideas.
There is a bit of mystique to these cars and the true potential of these cars are not yet determined. Crazy Jerry with Centurion #3 has done a wonderful job of showing the world that this car has much more potential than what was first thought. The first Centurion achieved 128mpg @ 35mph speeds and only sported a top speed of 65mph. This is hardly awe inspiring and I believe Crazy Jerry brought the Centurion to a level we can not only live with but be very happy with. Crazy Jerry with his modifications has achieved a max mpg of 250 multiple times at the Green Grand Prix and is able to go over 80mph. No car currently on the road comes close to this except VW XL1. The true beauty of the Centurion is that it can be built for ecomodder prices not the $100,000+ price tag the XL1 costs.
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