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Old 10-30-2012, 09:52 PM   #661 (permalink)
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I kinda wish I had kept my 91 crx hf. It was a fun car to drive, like a go cart. But alas, no back seat. It was running lean burn too. Never went though a full tank though, probably got over 50 mpg. It cost nothing to list in CL, $500 is not a bad price for a good running car. Save the tail box for the anal crx.

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Old 10-30-2012, 09:57 PM   #662 (permalink)
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I'm not doing **** to the Probe lol. The tail wouldn't fit the CRX anyway. I'd definitely aeromod it but no tail.
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Old 10-30-2012, 11:10 PM   #663 (permalink)
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1992 Ford Probe 40mpg! Awesome AERO art car!

Just emailed the CRX guy and posted the Probe for sale.

We shall see!
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Old 10-30-2012, 11:47 PM   #664 (permalink)
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LOL, a friend just linked me to this:


Of course I'm not an engineering student nor did I go to Michigan Tech, but...
In The Garage: LSPR 'Car of the Weekend'
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Old 10-31-2012, 05:02 AM   #665 (permalink)
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LOL, a friend just linked me to this:


Of course I'm not an engineering student nor did I go to Michigan Tech, but...
In The Garage: LSPR 'Car of the Weekend'
I've always thought 1 parsec is 3.26 light years not 3.26 million light years

Anyway keep us posted with the sale progress... Pity you want to sell AnalProbe, I love your project, but I get the point, sometimes is better to change a car than to invest lots of $ to make it as FE as you want it to be.

That was the main reason for me to sell Prevka and to buy Berta.

So good luck!
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I hate selling cars, it's a pain. On another note, I wonder how my wife can take my 52 mpg for 140 miles and turn it into 48 MPG in only 30 miles. She said it was city driving.
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You know what I just found out? Lowering springs are about $60 on ebay. Which means I could lower the motherf&#$er four inches with a top notch alignment for like $150. And with double wishbone front suspension? I'm getting really giddy. Hope hope hope I can go check that baby out.

If you lower it enough you don't need wheel well gap fillers right? haha

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What does it say on the side?
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According to Google Translate,

"Fuel Efficiency Test Vehicle"
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I kinda wish I had kept my 91 crx hf. ... It was running lean burn too.
No lean burn in that generation of CRX. They made their MPG the old fashioned way: Light weight, decent aero, tall gearing, and a small (ish) motor. They only had 8 valves as opposed to 16 for the other 2nd-gen CRXes, and the rocker arms had rollers for even less friction.

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