It wasn't a list of recommendations! It was merely a list of the recent model sedans present in penni's driveway yesterday.
I'm afraid that given this limitations of these cars, you're going to have to bend on one or more requirements. You want headroom for 6+ footers in the back seat. 30+ mpg, 0-60 in 6 seconds, 13 second 1/4 mile, 275 hp, disk brakes, no sunroof, four doors, good handling, high clearance...
At present there is no such beast. It sounds like you like those upright seats, but you may remember that there was adequate headroom in that CRX. You could get two CRXen. You'd have four doors, enough headroom in all four seats, four wheel disk brakes, 230 hp, no sunroof, and the pair would still get 20 mpg. As an added bonus, you'd have four wheel drive and four wheel steering. The combination would weigh less and cost less than that Benz with the slippery upright seats.
> Spouse operates a '96 Accord LX, the one without the sunroof.
> What would Jackson Racing do to one such (esp. interested in
> mods which improve gas mileage)?
Often that is a secondary concern in Jackson's customers. I would think that the usual Honda mods would apply: stiffer torsion bars and anti-roll bars, variable rate struts, 60 series Yokohama AVSi tires, larger throttle body and air filter, tubular headers, high compression pistons, longer duration cam, and of course a new chip for the computer. If you want more HP and good mileage, you might drop in the VTEC engine from a Prelude or Integra GSR.
Once that project was completed, you'd have a sleeper with good performance and low insurance rates...
Does anyone know who the Toyota version of Jackson Racing is?
-zm |
