CRD Diesel's

If you are into clasic sheet metal and modern powerplants, check this combo out. 65 Barracuda with a 4.0L 32V 4cam Lexus 1UZFE all aluminum 6 bolt main V8 and matched 4 sp auto. At least 27 MPG on the highway (That is what my LS400 gets at 70MPH and the car is close to 5000 lbs, the A is a ton lighter!) Butter smooth idle, modern emissions, and 275 honest RWHP. Shades of the old D-Dart 273 but a whole lot tamer in road manners. Mod the ECU and you can rap these to 8500 RPM with no harm. You can get palletized 1UZFE motors around here for about 600 and the trans is another 300 so for under a K, you can have the entire drivetrain and a few more gets you a wiring harness and ECU. Put up the cherry picker and warm up the welder!

Oh yeah, a Euro 2.0L BMW diesel sedan beat a Prius in fuel economy over a road course recently, and whatever happened to the 50MPG Plymouth Champ?