alexideways Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I always thought that a Chevette would make a funny sleeper, I even thought of dropping my SR20 that I had at one time, cause I couldn't find a decent chassis for a reasonable price. I would have called it either a Chevillia or Silviette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I always thought that a Chevette would make a funny sleeper, I even thought of dropping my SR20 that I had at one time, cause I couldn't find a decent chassis for a reasonable price. I would have called it either a Chevillia or Silviette. Funny.. My uncle was telling me he used to live in a small town called Wakefield.. and a lot of the local 'hicks' would drop a sbc into Chevettes/Accadians (In Canada aka; the Molson Acadian) and scream around town with big dia. tires on the rear, and lo pros on the front.. mailbox style hood scoops, rca house speakers on the back, ect. They became known as a "Wakefield 'Vette" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 If you don't mind front wheel drive or Fords you may want to check into Escorts, which may be easier to find in the mid west. I have a 92 with the indestructable 1.9 with 150 thousand miles, I paid $500 and maybe another $100 on a timing belt and other misc. parts. I get anywhere from 32-38 mpgs, handles pretty good too. Oh, man... I have many good memories from my friend's Escort He beat the crap out of that thing and it just kept going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 One of my friend actually had an chevette with a 305 and 4 speed manual, it was hillarious to ride around in that thing. When we were at alight and he would just lean in the gas while letting the clutch slip a bit, you could feel and see the car twist. He used to beat on Mustangs and Camaros with that thing... LOL Good memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepito Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Mitsubishi Starion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 ZOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eec564 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I'd say small engine, light car, and a very good tune will give you the best milage. Even in a junk car, a good tune makes a huge difference. Here are a few of the more fuel stingy cars I have in my database. EPA Estimated MPG, combined driving. Here's a link to a text file I generated with the EPA data in it, I'll leave it up until someone yells at me for using the work webserver to host personal data again. heh http://www.defyconvention.net/computing/eec/milage.txt ROCKET 1992 45.2 CHEVROLET SPRINT 1987 44.4 GEO METRO 1992 44.4 HONDA CIVIC 1986 41.2 GEO METRO LSI 1995 39.7 FORD FESTIVA GL 1992 39.2 YUGO GV 1987 39.0 SUZUKI SWIFT GTI 1989 38.8 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 1986 38.7 SUBARU JUSTY GL 1992 38.2 HONDA CIVIC CX 1992 37.8 TOYOTA TERCEL 1992 37.0 TOYOTA TERCEL 1986 36.6 SUBARU HATCHBACK 1986 35.8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 my vote goes to the z31, 25+ MPG while still being very reliable and you can still beet it while keeping the reliability.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 25mpg isnt much to be excited about though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Isuzu gemini. Lol RWD http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3688185030664621355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 84 200SX, 4cylinder great on gas runs real good. Have some cool features. Hatch has TONS of room, Two of my friends and I drove one around the USA. 7500miles in 14 days! NY..TN..TX..AZ..UT..CO..ND..IL..Canada..back to NY. We got excellent mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 84 200SX, 4cylinder great on gas runs real good. Have some cool features. Hatch has TONS of room, Two of my friends and I drove one around the USA. 7500miles in 14 days! NY..TN..TX..AZ..UT..CO..ND..IL..Canada..back to NY. We got excellent mileage. Feel sorry for the guy that had to sit in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Anyone else get better than EPA gas mileage? My '85 Si Prelude is rated at 22/26, but it takes +alot+ of leadfooting to get it that low. 85mph on the highway for several days and I averaged 29.5 mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 i cast my vote for hyundai pony =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Sentra. My first car was an 83 and with just a glasspak muffler, test pipe and air cleaner lid flipped upside down I beat 2 separate 200sx turbos in stoplight races. Plus a couple others too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 i cast my vote for hyundai pony =) I had one of those after the sentra, an 87. It couldn't hold 55 with cruise control going over an overpass. I had it 2 and a half months before I even traded it with a nissan dealer for an 86.5 Hardbody 4x4, and thus began my long history of frequent car swapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightythreez Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 My Z gets 30mpg highway. L28Et w/ms-II running 17.5:1 on cruise. (4.11 gears!) My vote goes for 200sx also. But if you can find one.....get a datsun 210. (or 80's 510.....they're dirt cheap!) Similar in size and appearance to a classic 510 for 1/4 the dough! (in fact if you modded the front end for quad round lights and took the crash bumpers off people probably wouldn't be able to tell.....esp. if it's a 79-80 with the small sidemarkers) Slugs with stock A15 or smaller but good gas mileage and put a KA in it for ultimate sleeper! They were rustbuckets but some still running around west coast...(shoot you could probably get one for literally a song there...everytime I went to the junkyard when I was in San Diego I saw three or four of them nothing wrong with them...datsun 210's are just UNLOVED cars but still fun to drive..U could fly out buy one and drive it back, they were so dang reliable the saying was Go 150K miles, re ring it , go 150k more...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightythreez Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I'm recommending that to you also, because those were the last of the "real" datsuns. Simple, tough as nails, easy to work on and rear wheel drive. THe reason they were unloved was because they were simply nothing more than transportation. I think top speed was like 80mph out of a 60hp A14..but that's easily fixed! I think people don't realize that the 210 up till 1981 (superseded by the B11 sentra) was basically the same car that came out in 70 as the 1200...same motor, just enlarged, different bodywork but same concept. They even still had round headlights until 1981! I dont' think it would be too hard on a '79 to fit an early 1200 grille and some badges and fool some people. Here's a picture of one http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:PgN8eAzU3keT6M:http://510garage.com/photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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