Originally Posted by HotRADO,Dec 23 2005, 01:44 AM

This is a totally true story so don't laugh.....My brother recently rebuilt a 1994 Geo Metro 3 cly automatic for someone as the old motor locked up. While it was apart he took .030 off the head, .040 off the block(11+cr) and ported the head/intake/exhaust manifold. Got rid of the cat and bumped up the fuel pressure....lol. I was tooling around in it coming back from Krogers and it was around 11pm. All of a sudden I see headlights in my mirrors and what appeared to be a minivan riding my ass. A minute or two passes and the minivan gets in the left lane to pass me. A glorious street battle was about to take place. I thrust the accelerator to the floor and
drop into 2nd gear(3 speed automatic) and the 3 cylinder beast roars for all it's worth. The Chrysler van rolls by me with no problem, I just slightly slowed down the inveitable. The Van gets about 8 cars and me and I lift off the gas. But what do you expect from a 1.0l 8v 3cyl.........at least it gets 40-50mpg and handles decently.