That's pretty cool that you can tow a ton. I flat-towed my brother's VW rabbit to a gas station once with my 90 Integra (on the way to a VW meet where they liked to pick on Hondas a bit lol), and it was not a pleasant experience - definitely didn't have enough power for that.
I've always wanted to build a small displacement, longish stroke, high compression economy/mild performance engine with a smallish turbo. In theory that should be most efficient. I forgot you were running a 2.4l; I'd love to see what your hypothetical K20 build would do for economy, and with the right turbo you can essentially pick how much power you want (within reason and the limitations of your head flow, block strength, intake/exhaust, drivetrain strength, etc.)
I would really love to do an Insight based build one of these days. Sounds like a fun project but I doubt I'll ever have the time to make it happen.
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