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Old 06-09-2017, 09:04 AM   #133 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Magician View Post
oh my... I really want to buy one of these... I will never get rid of my VX, but I like the Insight as well... I always thought it'd be cool to swap in a VX engine into an insight. I bet I could break 70mpg reasonably easy with that engine in it and nver have to deal with battery issues.
There's nothing magically electric about the Insight's engine. It can be run quite easily as gas-only.

Putting a D15Z1 in the Insight would fall under the category of a major performance mod though.
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