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Back, been busy with the baby and getting the shop wired up.
I haven't done much with the drawing, but did collect the last drivetrain piece I needed, picked up a 94 Civic EX coupe to install another engine/trans into, and is has a VX tranny in it!
My drivetrain is now complete with the JDM 3-stage lean burn D15B engine, fidanza flyhwheel, and VX tranny.
Someone just started making tubular chromoly civic front lower control arms which are very tempting, being the stock ones are cast steel and probably the most dense part of the entire drivetrain.
According to the mpg calculator, if I can cut the weight down into the 1400's and the CD to 1/2 that of the Civic with the VX drivetrain and LRR tires, 124mpg is possible at 65mph. It's interesting that between 60 and 70mph there is a huge difference in drag, as the drag forces are cubed and must be getting pretty nasty by that point. Also that last few mpg is really hard to get when playing with that calculator, it takes major weight/drag reductions to see a notable change in the mpg once in the triple digits...
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