
Originally Posted by
Doppelgänger
Short nose crank was only for the first half of 1990..after that there were no mechanical problems until some of the 1999 cars that had mis-spec'ed thrust bearings.
Although driving at 4k sounds bad, it still nets well over 30mpg. I've regularly hit well over 300 miles to 10/10.5 gal of gas on interstate trips running between 3,700 and 4,200 rpm...even been to the 400mi mark.