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Old 05-14-2011, 02:54 PM   #13 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
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What are suspenders?
I think that was just a joke (therefore the "rolled-eyes" icon). But I hope someone can answer the question about parasitic draw on the motor simply by keeping the alternator belt attached at all. Wouldn't the greatest gain be had from removal of the belt, not simply shutting off the alternator? Wouldn't that require manual removal (a pain) or some sort of clutch mechanism?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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