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Old 03-25-2012, 01:55 AM   #103 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by deathtrain View Post
thanks for the PDF's but now my questions are:

1) was it worth it?
2) what type of gains are you seeing?
3) Do you have a alternator kill switch? (I know the answer but I would like to spell it out for the others who have not read the whole thread.)
Agreed deathtrain, these are important questions. I think suggestive evidence is already available. If you study his fuel log across the last couple months there is an unmistakable improvement since the mod. That's not proof, but it is suggestive. He notes the number of EOC miles in his notes too. He seems to be averaging a 10% gain. In my alt delete I have felt I was getting a 5% gain (Brucepick and I have quite similar cars, as you probably know).
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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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