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Old 05-02-2012, 02:20 PM   #21 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by AlVal View Post
Have a read guys:

google search for "the effect of wheel alignment on rolling resistance - a literature search and analysis" from the US EPA
Thanks. I did the search and found the full text of the article here. My link to it opens to page six, which summarizes and recommends in plain language. There are plenty of equations, tables, graphs and diagrams. Seems in 1978, EPA concluded the relationship between alignment, rolling resistance, and fuel economy was "significant." I need an alignment and found a place to set it according to requested specs.

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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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