By kookykrispy - Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:25 am
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:25 am
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So... my primary reason for buying my civic was fuel economy. I just wanted a vehicle that was fun to drive in addition to getting great fuel economy. I'm really glad I bought an EG civic instead of a garbage metro or some other junk. The more I learn about my EG, the happier I am about it. The civic is very well engineered, and also easy to work on, thanks in a large part to the extensive knowledge on this forum!
I am a hard-core musclecar guy, and prior to gas getting to the $4/a gallon mark, I was daily driving my 3/4 ton sliverado truck, which got about 13 mpg. The reason I own a truck is to haul non-running musclecar projects around with my flatbed trailer.
Here is my 'back-burner' project '67 GTO which I have owned for almost a decade now. The primary reason for buying this car was NOT fuel economy
This is just a mock-up of the engine I'm screwing together in my spare time for the GTO. Its a 1968 Pontiac 428 block bored .065 over with an Eagle stroker crank that brings it up to about 463 cubic inches. I've beefed the block with 4 bolt main caps and hard-blok in addition to forged internals and O-rings on each cylinder with large chamber heads to net about an 8.3:1 static compression ratio. This was all done to support the 6-71 Weiand supercharger. I plan to underdrive it so I can still run 92 octane pump gasoline, but it should produce somewhere in the 600-700 hp neighborhood.
I should mention that big crazy carb adapter is off of a drag boat! I've since sold it and have a different adapter that mounts the dual holley carbs sideways, and its lower so I'll be able to see around it a little more easily!

I am a hard-core musclecar guy, and prior to gas getting to the $4/a gallon mark, I was daily driving my 3/4 ton sliverado truck, which got about 13 mpg. The reason I own a truck is to haul non-running musclecar projects around with my flatbed trailer.
Here is my 'back-burner' project '67 GTO which I have owned for almost a decade now. The primary reason for buying this car was NOT fuel economy

This is just a mock-up of the engine I'm screwing together in my spare time for the GTO. Its a 1968 Pontiac 428 block bored .065 over with an Eagle stroker crank that brings it up to about 463 cubic inches. I've beefed the block with 4 bolt main caps and hard-blok in addition to forged internals and O-rings on each cylinder with large chamber heads to net about an 8.3:1 static compression ratio. This was all done to support the 6-71 Weiand supercharger. I plan to underdrive it so I can still run 92 octane pump gasoline, but it should produce somewhere in the 600-700 hp neighborhood.


I should mention that big crazy carb adapter is off of a drag boat! I've since sold it and have a different adapter that mounts the dual holley carbs sideways, and its lower so I'll be able to see around it a little more easily!
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