There are all kinds of ways to look at high performance. Times being what they are, a growing number of people think mpg is a lot more important than mph. It's all about a secret subculture called "ecomodding."
The oil crisis of 1973 (there have been a lot of them, haven't there?) began in October of that year when a group of Arab countries stopped shipping crude oil to the U.S. in the wake of the latest conflict between Israel and Syria and Egypt. The following March, Car and Driver published, "Project Car: Crisis-Fighter Pinto." The subtitle promised: "Improve Gas Mileage by up to 25% for Eleven Dollars."
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