Spades
15+ Year Contributor
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- Apr 29, 2007
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Beaumont,
California
there are so many mods out there for improving horsepower and torque and drivetrain, but why arent mods made for fuel economy? What is it with new cars that allow it 35+ mpg? Why cant you take an old car and retrofit components and match the economy of newer cars, just as we do with adding larger turbos, injectors, fuel pumps, and engine managements to handle it all, why cant we do something similar to get 35+ mpg? I really like the 2g body style and would love to mod (even a 2G NT) to match the newer cars fuel economy. The only thing i can think of to improve economy is to raise compression and /or advance timing, or perhaps an aftermarket 6-speed transmission. Losing weight can be done, but the newer cars are actually getting heavier and still getting better MPGs.