Interesting indeed..
Are any other Tiger owners going green?
I bought me a little Honda Insight and having as much fun with it (well
actually more fun right now) than my Tigers and Corvette.
I am getting up to 78MPG! Saving the planet and saving gas everyday for fun
driving
later... I have also heard that a southern cal Tiger autocross champion is
now driving
a Prius to work.
Hot rod hybrids may be the next wave:
http://www.gassavers.org/articles/auto-enthusiasts-ditch-horsepower-for-gas-mileage
Gary
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From: David Sosna <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>
> Interesting that Shelby's working on a hydrogen-compatible green engine
> (which presumably will run on hydrocarbon based fuel as well :-) ).
> Some time back there was an article quoting Pete Brock, of Daytona
> Cobra fame as advocating much much lighter cars with skinny tires that
> would still have great performance as well as outstanding fuel economy.
> Be interesting to put the two of them together again and see what they
> came up with. Of course, an ultralight Brock-designed car with skinny
> tires would mean Shelby would only need a 4-cylinder hydrogen powered
> engine, rather than a heavy, large, enormously powerful V-8 to achieve
> the same results.....
>
> Best Regards
> David Sosna
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