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Old 06-01-2011, 11:40 PM   #13 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
Team Honda
90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Agreed. Start with the top grille. Summer is coming. You'll want your AC in Arkansas I'll bet and you won't want any surprises in engine heat. For what it is worth, I overinflated my tires to 54psi (rated 44) and have driven several thousand miles on them since. No problems. Good gains from lower rolling resistance. Get a scan gauge or ultra gauge. They are worth the money. My significant aero mods are limited to full upper grille block, 80% lower grille block (with ducting), tires spats, and mirror deletes. I regularly got 39/40mpg in the freeway before the mods and now get 51/52 on the freeway. No wheels skirts yet, no ride reduction, no belly pans (yet). Hope that helps. Nice photoshop image too, btw.
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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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