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Old 09-04-2012, 12:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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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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Sixty mpg cruising on the freeway or with hypermiling like P&G?

I like the grill blocks. Mine on my Civic are a lot like this. There is more than enough cooling in the Southern California "winter" and a little less than desirable in the summer. In summer my fan comes on kinda often. Just keep that in mind because the civic radiator fan drains the battery, which recharges from the alternator, which generates power from the gasoline engine. On my car I disable the alt and plug in my deep cycle battery. My grid electric rates are cheaper than gasoline automobile-generated electricity.

Other mods that guys have suggested are a benefit: tire spats, and lowering the ride. A great airdam can be built using black lawn-edging. A boat tail, kamm back or some sort of flat spoiler or box void are other aero ideas I have seen suggested here and in the research posted here. I remember someone arguing that drag reductions could make it easier for the HX to stay in lean burn on the freeway. If you haven't yet, use the search functions here liberally.

Keep in mind to make your early mods reversible. I have changed or removed many of the mods I have made. Most modders seem to.

I'm subscribed, and hope to learn from your efforts.

Fuel log?

james
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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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