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Found this while doing some early A.M. surfing:
From: https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthr...ed-austin-healey-sprite-consistent-28086.html
Ultimately (after a 250,000 miles), the modified car was taken off the road & dismantled for safety reasons. A student got the chassis in exchange for destroying the body. He had a Midget and could use the parts.
From: https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthr...ed-austin-healey-sprite-consistent-28086.html
- In the early 1970's I was driving 110 miles per day so I modified an Austin Healy Sprite and doubled its mileage over a period of years to a consistent 65 MPG (unheard of in those days).
- This was a 1960 "Bug Eye" with an 850cc engine. It turned close to 3000 at 60 mph and gave 33mpg on average, originally.
- It wound up with a 1600cc pinto engine (& transmission) with the camshaft retarded 2 notches (poor man's Atkinson cycle)
- Additional (2nd) Buick transmission, reversed, to gain up to a 2.5 overdrive
- The engine cruised at 1100 rpm @ 55MPH (Nixon days).
- A slight incline required downshifting, but I had 12 speeds.
- It was made of junk yard body pieces, pop rivets and bondo. Eye level was 70's skirt level.
Ultimately (after a 250,000 miles), the modified car was taken off the road & dismantled for safety reasons. A student got the chassis in exchange for destroying the body. He had a Midget and could use the parts.
