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arcosine · 06-05-2012, 08:48 PM

I did this back when I had an 84 accord, 12 valve engine. The car idled better, got slightly better mpg, about 2 mpg better, warmed up faster, had more heat and of course less power.

06-05-2012, 08:48 PM	#33 (permalink)
arcosine Master Ecomadman Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chicago area Posts: 1,151 sc1 - '98 saturn sc1 Team Saturn 90 day: 43.17 mpg (US) Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour rans - '97 rans tailwind tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129 2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L 90 day: 28.25 mpg (US) red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI big tractor - '66 ford 3400 red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI 90 day: 58.42 mpg (US) RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo 90 day: 16.67 mpg (US) Thanks: 20 Thanked 334 Times in 226 Posts	I did this back when I had an 84 accord, 12 valve engine. The car idled better, got slightly better mpg, about 2 mpg better, warmed up faster, had more heat and of course less power. __________________ - Tony