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30 years ago in 1984 Honda made a 70mpg CRX for $7,000
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:31 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:31 am
Yet here we are, in the year flying cars should be all around us and the best we can achieve are heavily government-subsidized battery/hybrid POS for $50k or more.
here's to the real deal.
eta recently some guys modified this car to get a whopping 118 MPG!
118 MPG CRX
"high tech" modifications to the CRX HF to achieve this..are you listening GM?
--> Tires: low rolling resistance 155/65/14 Nokian HakkaR snow tires, brand new for the event, pumped up to 50psi mounted on Honda 14×5 alloy wheels
--> Shocks: Konisport, revalved with SPSS1 valving, double adjustable, shortened body, set to soft
--> Springs: Ground Control coilovers with 350 front 250 rear springs.
--> Lowered car 2 inches, front camber at -3.5, toe set to zero front and rear, zero thrust angle
--> Front wind deflector and rear wheel skirts made from thin polycarbonate, aluminum duct tape, self tapping screws and 3/4? aluminum band
--> masking tape to cover all panel gaps / seams, passenger door handle (forgot to do the driver side door handle)
--> removed passenger side mirror
--> I added lightness by removing the passenger seat, spare tire and tools, floor mats
--> 6 pound race battery.
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The original 1.3 liter car (chassis code AE532) had an EPA Highway mileage rating of 52 miles per gallon (MPG)in 1984 and was reported to often achieve over 70 MPG in favorable driving conditions. The later 1.5 liter American-market CRX HF (High Fuel economy) model (chassis codes EC1 and AF) could also reliably achieve very good gas mileage, more than a decade before gas-electric hybrids appeared on the market
here's to the real deal.
eta recently some guys modified this car to get a whopping 118 MPG!
118 MPG CRX
"high tech" modifications to the CRX HF to achieve this..are you listening GM?
--> Tires: low rolling resistance 155/65/14 Nokian HakkaR snow tires, brand new for the event, pumped up to 50psi mounted on Honda 14×5 alloy wheels
--> Shocks: Konisport, revalved with SPSS1 valving, double adjustable, shortened body, set to soft
--> Springs: Ground Control coilovers with 350 front 250 rear springs.
--> Lowered car 2 inches, front camber at -3.5, toe set to zero front and rear, zero thrust angle
--> Front wind deflector and rear wheel skirts made from thin polycarbonate, aluminum duct tape, self tapping screws and 3/4? aluminum band
--> masking tape to cover all panel gaps / seams, passenger door handle (forgot to do the driver side door handle)
--> removed passenger side mirror
--> I added lightness by removing the passenger seat, spare tire and tools, floor mats
--> 6 pound race battery.
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 9:35 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:32 am to CAD703X
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This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 12:02 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:34 am to CAD703X
And Crockett and Tubbs rode around in a Daytona.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:34 am to Negative Nomad
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those were cool little cars
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:34 am to Negative Nomad
a high mileage, pure gasoline vehicle is so much more environmentally "friendly" than any hybrid
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:35 am to BestBanker
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BestBanker
is that you with the red ferrari i see at the Y in the mornings?
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:35 am to CAD703X
did they tape all of the "joints" in the car? thats pretty awesome and I would love to know what kind of difference that made in the gas mileage.
Oh and oil and gas lobbyists put an end to that non-sense.
Oh and oil and gas lobbyists put an end to that non-sense.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:36 am to CAD703X
Didn't emissions regulations kill this?
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:36 am to CAD703X
Nah. I'm an afternooner in the gray porsche.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:37 am to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
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Didn't emissions regulations kill this?
yep. thanks california.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:40 am to CAD703X
Slap a prelude motor in there and that's a fun little car.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:43 am to Negative Nomad
Honda does make a CRX now. It's still a cute little car, but probably doesn't get anywhere near 50mpg and damn sure doesn't cost $7k
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:48 am to CAD703X
I bought one of the original 1.3's. Great car! I got 74 mpg traveling from Florida to Colorado one time. Put a hitch on it and pulled a catamaran behind it all across the country for races. Had that car for 16 years!
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:51 am to ELESHU23
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I got 74 mpg traveling from Florida to Colorado one time.
bullshite. the epa 'adjusted' the numbers so now it says the 1984 model only got 41mpg.
you must be mistaken. the epa certainly wouldn't adjust numbers like that to make something seem different.
just look at historical global warming data for instance...
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 9:52 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:53 am to CAD703X
What were their problems with the emissions? CO?
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:53 am to GregMaddux
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What were their problems with the emissions? CO?
politics
Posted on 6/27/14 at 9:55 am to CAD703X
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What were their problems with the emissions? CO?
politics
$$$$$$$$$$
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:01 am to CAD703X
Nope, dead serious. It was a stretch through Oklahoma and Kansas. EPA numbers sound more like what I got in the city after it was 10 years old.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:06 am to CAD703X
Those were neat little cars until people started adding wings and big mufflers to them.
The competition at the time (Chevy Metro, Toyota Tercel, and Ford Aspire) were all pretty homely looking. The CRX was actually supposed to be a fun little car.
The new Accord CVT can achieve 40 on the highway fairly easily. It's a great value if you avoid some of the expensive options. It could be had for $22,000 or so. I think the Fit and Civic can beat that pretty easily.
The competition at the time (Chevy Metro, Toyota Tercel, and Ford Aspire) were all pretty homely looking. The CRX was actually supposed to be a fun little car.
The new Accord CVT can achieve 40 on the highway fairly easily. It's a great value if you avoid some of the expensive options. It could be had for $22,000 or so. I think the Fit and Civic can beat that pretty easily.
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 10:10 am
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