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Old 10-27-2011, 05:50 PM   #24 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by some_other_dave View Post
I hope those weren't Bosch platinum plugs. The quality on those sucks, except for the really high-dollar ones that are hard to find anyway. For a Honda, NGK plugs are very good--or you can go with Bosch silver or copper plugs, their QC seems to be just fine. But the platinums with the little speck of Pt in the inner electrode? Bad stuff in my experience.
The old ones were NGK and so are the replacements. I considered iridium, but was told those might tax my ignition system. The run "too hot" was the description. I played it safe.

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Originally Posted by jakobnev View Post
I'm starting to think there should be a third list, in addition to the ecomod and hypermiling lists, there should be one for maintenance and things to check when buying a used car.
That would be useful. But making it would be a bit of a job.
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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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