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[Steven206Seattl 10+ year member]

I like the older cars. I got a 78. 86 monte carlos with fuel injection. Or converting 78 monte carlos to fuel injected. Unless you want 4 bbl carbs. I dont think ill have a car built later than the 80's for a while.

 

[Meka 10+ year member]

if you can grab up an ls1 car you could be looking at 28mpg depending on how you drive.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

I like the older cars. I got a 78. 86 monte carlos with fuel injection. Or converting 78 monte carlos to fuel injected. Unless you want 4 bbl carbs. I dont think ill have a car built later than the 80's for a while.

no G body came with FI except for a GN //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

if you can grab up an ls1 car you could be looking at 28mpg depending on how you drive.

thats WITH a 6spd man. *****...

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

thats WITH a 6spd man. *****...

so?

is there something wrong with overdrive gears?

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

so?
is there something wrong with overdrive gears?

no, i was just stating that if he got an auto. ls1 ta/camaro, he wouldnt get that 28-30mpg highway...

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

no, i was just stating that if he got an auto. ls1 ta/camaro, he wouldnt get that 28-30mpg highway...

manuals are generally more economical when used correctly.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

manuals are generally more economical when used correctly.

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[darkist240sx 10+ year member]

look into a s14 240sx. s14 meaning a 95-98. but the 97-98 is out of ur budget. its a fun car to drive, is a 4 cylinder for good gse but has more thourqe than horse power. its cheap to fix. with all the motor swaps peopple do in that car there are motors all over for like 200-300 bux. and most of all its RWD (makes ne car fun.) Im saying his because i used to have one and i loves it as do most people that have em.

 

[sxpimpin 10+ year member]

I like the LS1 idea. Those come in the mid-late 90' Z28's dont they..

I believe the newer ***** am's also have those.

240 is also a goood idea ill check it out.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

 

[Spooby 10+ year member]

An eclipse wouldn't be a great car to get if you were looking at realistic gas mileage (unless you consider avg 19mpg "good"). And just like another person said unless you know how to fix them you are in for a real headache.

 

[sxpimpin 10+ year member]

If your talking about working on cars in general. I'm pretty good. I do all my own stuff. just buy parts

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Ahhh ditch the new stuff....Find you a 64-70 model Volkswagen in good shape and fix it up. The motor has to be one of the easiest motors to work on and they're fun to drive IMO and get great gas mileage

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

no G body came with FI except for a GN //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

right, he is thinking tbi (throttle body injection) which is generally better than a carb but a multi port fuel injection is best for economy and power