"Burrito de EJ25" (alexcarrillo01)
09/06/2014 at 16:52 • Filed to: None
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"Burrito de EJ25" (alexcarrillo01)
09/06/2014 at 16:52 • Filed to: None | 1
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I've had this dream project car in my brain for quiet some time.
Take a first generation Honda Insight, preferably the latest model year it was produced, in a manual, and turn it into the most comfortable, most fuel efficient car I can.
My commute to work and from work consists of a lot of stop and go traffic down the 105 freeway in Los Angeles. It's the LAX freeway, basically. It gets really crowded. Sometimes when it's too bad I just putter a long surface streets in my WRX's stiff suspension. I'm nowhere near miserable in my WRX but it just feels wasteful to have that car lurching around in first and second gear for the majority of its life. Both a waste of car and fuel.
Now, I don't know if buying a second car, insuring both, would be the most cost saving tactic around, but it's just something I've been toying with in my head.
List of shit I've thought up to potentially do to the Insight:
Seat upgrades, head unit swap, lighter wheels, lighter brakes, reasonable weight savings cuts where possible to replace components (like, I'm not removing the passenger seat, audio, and the AC) air suspension, thinner tires if possible/safe, look into more fuel efficient ECU maps (if available), battery upgrades (way out of me league here).
The juxtaposition of owning those two cars amuses me. Also, I bet NPR sounds way better in an Insight.
Diesel
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:05 |
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I've been considering the same thing. I get the fuel mileage of a Prius without the associated smugness. If the Elio is ever released, I would consider one of those as well.
MultiplaOrgasms
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:07 |
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You forgot the LSx swap, because we all know its the most fuel efficient engine ever right? RIGHT???
Spoon II
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:08 |
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That's a pretty great idea. I keep looking at these things and wondering what you could do if you updated the drivetrain a bit. Maybe a little diesel engine or something.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:08 |
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My car already gets 55mpg without any trickery or hypermiling. Other than it being very slow of course.
IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:08 |
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I doubt you would save money if you kept both cars, also I seriously doubt the modifications would be worth it. It sounds like a fun project, but I wouldn't go into it actually expecting to save money.
TheStraightSixKid
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:09 |
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LS SWAP BRO!
deekster_caddy
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:20 |
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sounds like you should look at the Volt!
Steve in Manhattan
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:33 |
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All I remember about doing something like this is that if you change anything electronic, you have to be careful because it's all so inter-related. OTOH, pretty much every modern car is like that.
FerioDreams
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 17:44 |
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Best modification is the K-Sight!
http://www.lhtperformance.net/documents/lht_…
Dr_Watson
> Burrito de EJ25
09/06/2014 at 18:17 |
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To wet your appetite, this is what you can expect from a stock insight on Cali highways.
(friend's bay area commute)
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Burrito de EJ25
> Dr_Watson
09/07/2014 at 12:56 |
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*salivates*
Break-Mend-Continue
> Burrito de EJ25
09/10/2014 at 23:34 |
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A guy in Australia is turboing one of these. http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.ht…