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Old 05-15-2011, 01:51 PM   #36 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by vskid3 View Post
In post 24, I talk about covering the area before the rear bumper (not sure if you saw that).
I saw it, but I forgot. Sorry. I would wonder with jedi-sol about whether you have tried the mirror delete. If the 3-6% Cd benefit is real, then you could realize really significant gains. I feel like I did. Out on the highway, in throttle position 16.1 on the UG, I get 52 mpg, sometimes more, sometimes less, sometimes over 60mph, sometimes under. I have made only two really significant aero mods: grille blocks and mirror deletes. You could try the mirrors. It is easily done and easily reversed. But be careful getting behind the door panels, their are lots of old plastic fasteners that I found brittle, and I had to permanently break a couple to get enough clearance for the hardware removal. Still, you can't tell looking at the car now.
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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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