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Old 01-14-2008, 11:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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really if you got an air cooled bug powered kit car it would probably get 35mpg as is. Add fuel injection to it with a wideband o2 and it would probably hit 45-50mpg.

Go to a 'half bug' engine and pick up even more mileage I think to mod a kit car to get good mileage the bug engine is as good as any engine to mod so you might as well stick with it. Adding a computer to a carb engine is really a lot easier than you think it would be so that would get rid of the biggest problem those engines had.
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