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Old 03-13-2001, 11:47 AM   #28
Unit 5302
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Originally posted by dinomite:
I am totally with unit. If you would read anything else on this board, you would see that he knows what he is talking about, be it civics, rx-7s, or mustangs.
Thanks for the vote of confidence dinomite, but in this matter, if he's running what the mod list I posted says, he's gonna be a ebola pavement virus, gobbling up 1/4 mile asphalt like nobody's business.

I don't really know a ton about the FWD import scene. I try to keep my focus on RWD cars, since I hate FWD, I've owned it, I hate it.

I too had an import type car. 1991 Ford Escort GT with the Mazda 1.8L DOHC 16v engine. 127hp@6500rpm, and 114lb/ft@4500rpm. It was relatively fun to drive for a shoebox with a hamster in the front. With the exploding 5sp manual I even beat a couple 5.0 V-8 Cougars, and an LT-1 Camaro Z-28 top end (god was he pissed he didn't opt for the Z rated tires hehe). Unfortunately, like the other rice mobiles, it didn't match my 88 Mustang GT for fuel economy on the road. I drive at about 75mph over the road where the stang was bouncing near 30mpg. At that speed the 'Scort could only manage about 26 due to the little weedwacker spinning at a horrid 4000rpms. Anyway, it blew up the tranny (the pin retaining the gears was defective and dropped out), the computer fried (heater core leaked on it), and the fuel system eventually had to be completely hotwired by myself. That was my second experiance with FWD, the first was a MOPAR 91 Shitow, so obviously that wasn't a good experiance either. Thanks, but I'll take my torque for now.

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