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Old 12-30-2013, 06:20 PM   #24
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Boxer engine article for Newbies

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Originally Posted by strat61caster View Post
So a performance car built fifty years ago burned a little more gas than the ones built today so that invalidates their importance in automotive history? I found a Car and Driver test drive review, 14-18 mpg, not bad for something with a better power to weight ratio than what we bought. Interesting read, they used to be so much more technical.



http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...ad-test-review



I don't know, guess I gotta bite my tongue and not feed the troll.


Now we're getting somewhere. It makes "only" 20hp more, while carrying 500 more pounds and getting double or more MPG. Not to mention the price of the technology at both points in time.
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