Well saw this post on msn about a man back in the 80s that took a vw diesel rabbit and turned it into a car that got 100mpg. He used the powertrain and built his own car. And proved it on a drive across the country in which he averaged around 100mpg. He had originally thought he would get some sort of industry backing but never did. Luckily he stored the car in his garage and didn't destroy it. One cool thing is just recently he brought it back out, updated the drivetrain to that of a diesel smart car and rsn the same trip over again. This time averaging around 120mpg.
This is definitely inspiring, that good gas mileage can be had without the use of a hybrid.
The car was called Avion, take a search on google and check out the info.
Im always stoked about new and old methods on improving mpg's. One thing that stinks is that all the research in the past using carb based technologies is almost classified as lost. Mainly because only small amounts of paper record exist. If you know someone that did some independent research on improving fuel economy in the past, get them to publish there work on the Internet for all to see and use.
This additional material on the net will only better assist the movements to improve miles per gallon of today's vehicles.
I say keep up the good work and hopefully more people can get excited and interested in developing there own methods to improve fuel economy.
- Justin Denton - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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