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Old 06-06-2011, 11:28 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Promising_Confinement View Post
Oh, and right now the car is sitting at almost 277,000 miles and other than the O2 sensor, is running beautifully.
Hondas! ...I swear they run without motors

Another quick, tried and true mod would be disconnecting the power steering... we don't need it on these cars and it is a parasitic draw on the motor.
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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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