Sandi and I drove our daughters '92 from Virginia to Colorado and we both
fell in love with the car. Not a dragster but quicker than a stock Bugeye.
Used no oil and got 32 MPG. I agree with Mike about the sticker price
though.
A buddy of mine replaced a Chevy V6 with the 1.6 130BHP engine and tranny
in his Bugeye.
IMO it's not a great fit. The shifter comes out back around his elbow. He
has a Cobra type shift lever fitted. It does go like stink though and will
chirp the tires in 4th. He runs a stock Bugeye front suspension and a stock
4.22 Bugeye diff and axles.
He's been on the road a few years now and has had no problems other than
fried feet. It actually melted the sole on one of his tennis shoes one time.
Larry Miller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>
> To: <Ajhsys@aol.com>
> Cc: <soavero@yahoo.com>; <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>;
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Future M@ss restoration frustrations
>
>
> > Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 8/16/01 9:34:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > soavero@yahoo.com writes:
> > >
> > > > 1.8 L DOHC 155 HP 4 banger with variable valve timing
> > > >
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > >
> > > Early models had a 1.6L. I guess it was underpowered.
> >
> > My wife has a 1.6L miata. It's certainly not a muscle car
> > but it's pretty darn nippy. (Sure it's barely bigger
> > in displacement than a spridget, but it's DOHC, EFI,
> > etc. etc.)
> >
> > If you are happy with spridget power, generally you would be
> > elated with 1.6L miata power.
> >
> > Actually the Miata is so British, the above statement
> > should really be extended.
> >
> > If someone likes LBCs and they say they don't like the
> > Miata, more than likely they are just being a pompous
> > windbag.
> >
> > It doesn't give the same amount of wrench time, but
> > other than that it's everything our LBCs could have
> > and perhaps should have been.
> >
> > --
> > Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> > Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> > ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> > "You don't win friends with salad." - Homer Simpson
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