[Miata] Upgrades (was Replacing Rear Window)

[Dennis B. Swaney]

Sam Sharp wrote:
> John, don't be so fast to equate turbos with low fuel mileage.  My turbo 
> Miatas get roughly the same or better mileage than my NA ones.  Sure, 
> you can drive them hard and reduce the mileage, but you know that going 
> in and you can keep your foot out of it if you want to.
>  
> My '03 (1.8 turbo) with 257 RWHP gets roughly the same mileage as my '90 
> (1.6 turbo) with 170 RWHP, which gets slightly better mileage than my 
> stock '93 1.6, probably 90 RWHP.  The only difference is that I run 
> Premium in the turbo cars.  It's all in the right foot!
>  

Yeah, it is sort of like back in the sixties. Everybody thought that 
4-barrel carbs = gas hog. But if you drove right using only the two 
primary barrels, your mileage was better than most cars with 2-barrel carbs.

My father had a 64 El Camino, 283 with PowerGlide. I was going to try to 
buy it from him when I got back from Korea and put in a 350 with a 4 
barrel carb and a TurboHydramatic. He picked me up at Travis AFB in a 
Vega station wagon! He'd traded in the El Camino for it!

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Miataly,
Dennis
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Dennis B. Swaney                              "I think, therefore I Mac"
Oroville, California                           Team USAF
Founding Member, S.A.M.O.A.                    Team Flyin' Miata
Team California License Plate Blue             Team Valentine 1
   ('90 VIN: 7028)

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