Nissan 1400 bakkie its lite and economical plus you can do business with it and park just about anywhere in town ie. loading zone, since its classified as a LDV...

Fuel injection is usually lighter on fuel than carb... But its costly to buy like the Velociti 1.4i or Yaris... Go for a Carb car its usually cheaper, and you get more or less the same fuel economy...

nisan 1400 baki not that light on fuel...ok ok i drive with a lead foot and get 13km per litre...doesnt break down tho

my dad got parking ticket 4 using loading zone wid 1400. he is gonna fight it tho. 1400 is light on fuel n tough but it cant handle highway speeds.

best engine i gotta say the honda hydrogen engine

Ok. How about realistic ideas. Hydrogen is years away yet. Suppose i should've been more precise. Can you still buy carb driven? Thought almost everything was injected these days. My inclination is towards a vtec of some kind. Lower revs around town. With option to bounce of the limiter up to motorway speeds. Vtec. Vvti. Zetec etc. A puma zetec is tempting. Civic or crx. Or other options?

funnily enough it only used in la atm. yeah you can get carb fed but they wont be new engines just rebuilt old ones

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**How About the Mazda RX8 Rotary Power! Its a 1.3i and fast yet economical...

RX8 drinks fuel though for a 1.3

I built mine specifically for this purpose,but it had to be fun. It had to have lightening throttle response,so turbo diesel was out. It had to be economical aswell,so low-rpm power,high gearing,and multipoint fuelling was needed. And it had to be swift. Real swift. So it had to be in a light body - as light as a Lotus Elise,with as much power. So i came up with a long-stroke 1.6 petrol engine on motorbike carbs,and put it in an '80s shopping trolley. Torque2weight ratio higher than a Golf R32,

..Yet it'll do up to 60mpg. And its fun. But it'd not be much use in a MK4 Golf - the car would be near double the weight! There's more to it than just an engine,you need to get the whole package right. I have no ancillaries that sap power - no air con,no power steering,etc etc. Its a pick'n'mix. I chose speed,economy,and fun. And five seats. Cant get anything else in the bag.

well a rx8 is labled as 1.3 but produces 2.6 just like the rx7 it a thisrty car

Honda

Oh how i would love a last series rx7. But yeah. Rotary are very thirsty in petrol and oil. And your right about the package. Right engine in the right car.

the type r rx7s are cheap as atm

I wud say any japanese engine below 1.5 cc

either a civic 160i vtec or a corolla rxi.both 1600 so they offer gud consumption,but both hav serious power an usualy hav mor power than most 2ltrs around.

Which then suggests what is the best generation of civic etc? Eg. Ek. Ep. Or latest. And whats affordable now. On a average guys salary. Lol. Ek lsi? Saloon. Coupe. I'm thinking eg or ek hatchback. Although i'd love the dashboard gearstick in the ep. Still too expensive for the fun versions.

the civics engine on the egs old shape will last forever