Originally Posted by CCCC
Originally Posted by Ringman
I am planning a custom car. The guy is starting with an AMC AMX which weighs about 3,500 pounds.
It will have an automatic transmission. What engine setup is good for thirty miles per gallon at 65MPH and do about 13 flat in the quarter mile?
First, a question. Why this?


The AMX because I liked the looks when they came out. The automatic is because I old and don't want to shift gears. The 13 flat is because there have been a few times I was behind a slow truck going up a hill. Occasionally I would encounter about 500 feet of straight road. I am using ignorant prejudice to believe a 13 flat car could get around that truck safely in that distance. The thirty miles per gallon is an arbitrary desire. I read about a car with a diesel engine which ran on a track for twenty-four hours. Its average speed was140MPH and also averaged 114 miles per gallon. There's no way I want a diesel engine.

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