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Originally Posted by sgtlethargic

And I want it to look vintage.

100 mpg at 60 mph. What do you think it would take to accomplish this? Single-seater, center-steer, possibly mid-engine, probably a 4-cylinder.

I love the looks of the *BOcruiser. And the Phantom Corsair. Hudson Hornets. This custom Metropolitan (they weigh 1750 pounds).

You asked for opinions, negativity bias or not, those are the responses.


100mpg, of course is a large task from scratch. Obviously we don't know your background very well. Anything is possible. The way I see it (I have dreamed of a similar project goal) is do your best and make it a work in progress. If 1.0 gets you 40 mpg at 60 mph then make revisions, maybe it goes to 65 mpg, if you keep at it you can hit 100 mpg. But it's gonna take time, effort, and dedication.

If you are thinking about this like I am for my version of this project then I think it's best to just get started. Do something. Sketch a design. Make that aero body and put a stock drivetrain in while keeping in mind what you think your ideal drivetrain is. This way you can aero test and get some mileage with the suspension setup to make sure there are no issues.

Once the shell is road worthy you can also do aero testing and make body revisions. Then you can go back through the project and cut out everything you said you needed, but in reality never used.

I think the biggest thing to remember is that it is your project. Anything anyone says (even if they are directly telling you to do something) is a suggestion. One of the biggest things I like about projects is messing up (assuming no one gets hurt and low financial waste). They provide a great story for me and remind me that version #1 is usually never the best option.

This does remind me of this thread though. You might find it interesting. I actually reached out to him on another forum that he is active on and he never responded. https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...cle-19863.html

The point of a project is to have fun and learn something.

I typed a response to what I think was needed and realized I was basically describing the VW L1 (not XL1).