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Originally Posted by basjoos
The main problem with swapping an Insight 3 cylinder motor into the aerocivic is that it won't lean burn over as wide a range of conditions as the Civic VX lean burn engine does. It certainly wouldn't lean burn at 80+mph.
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Won't it? I thought LB was conditional on the load on the engine. How does the Aerocivic's aerodynamic load at 80 compare to the aerodynamic load of an Insight at 60?
All things considered I think at this point it's a matter of radically diminishing returns. I imagine there's a significant weight saving to be had however.
Hmm, looking on Wikipedia - which means this info is absolutely ironclad - the ECA1 engine in the first-gen Insight is related to the kei-class three-pots in some Japanese models. That's interesting.