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Originally Posted by hayden55
I can't wait to see him throw in a factory stock 20 hp motor. I would honestly get a kick out of a car like that that is able to maintain 70 mph on occasion and to see how many miles he got out of the thing before it blew up.
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IIRC around 14 years ago BMW declared it would need only 22hp for a 1-Series to sustain cruising speed.
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Honestly a kubota diesel or a Honda v-twin would be sweet to watch. Just need some more viewers to cash flow the project.
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Even though they may be too heavy to be fitted into an Insight, those Japanese horizontal-single engines from Kubota and Yanmar could be interesting. They're quite crude, but are still praised for their ruggedness and are somewhat efficient for small farm machinery, small fishing boats and stationary equipments.