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Old 02-10-2012, 07:21 PM   #177 (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 Frank Lee View Post
Well... other options include improving system efficiency. I'm not willing to give up the ability to drive 8 hours overnight (lights on) without the battery going dead, and I'm not going to lug around any extra batteries and/or a charger to do it. If I'm far away from home, that car had better be able to start by itself out in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. To that end, I will not be doing an alt delete either.
My alt is on a switch. I plug the car in at night at the bumper (into a 6amp maintainer in the car, connected to the battery). Normally, my alt does no work at all day-to-day. Whenever I need more range, I flip the switch and I am back to stock alt function.
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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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