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Old 02-27-2008, 11:43 PM   #9 (permalink)
reformed
Did you get that thing?
 
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Green Machine - '92 Honda Civic LX
90 day: 39.98 mpg (US)

Money pit - '97 Infiniti j30
90 day: 22.74 mpg (US)
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Thanks guys, I will definitely start with the suggestions you've given me. I think I'm going to do the swap too. I still have my other car and I'm thinking I might as well do it while I still have an alternate means of transportation, instead of deciding down the road that I want to do it and have already sold my other car.

As far as the tire inflation, I've seen many people overinflate their tires. I'm a pretty careful driver, and I know how to handle a car if it loses control, so the contact patch isn't what concerns me as much as the possibility of blowing out the tire does. Lets say I went with 40psi instead of the 32, or whatever the tires are capable of, is it much more likely to blowout?

I'll get a pic soon, if you want. I have it over at a shop right now. I'm no good with suspension work and it needed a lower control arm and an inspection.. while it was there the distributer quit on them and they had to push it out of the bay, haha. Its dumb luck that I just happened to have one laying in my basement from a previous swap I did a couple of years back, so hopefully I'll be up and running in the next couple of days.
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