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Old 10-03-2012, 12:27 PM   #252 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by Weather Spotter View Post
The team is designed for cars who have been modded a lot. Boat tails are just one mod , but the idea is to see what a team of the more extreme modders can do . Our newest member is pulling down the average with his 36 mpg average but our % over EPA is about 120
But when you consider % over EPA, your last and your first are equal. Given your description of the qualifications, why not change the team name to "Heavy Modded" or "Heavily Modded"? Maybe? I wonder if my car qualifies: tire spats, alt delete, grill block, mirror delete, airdam, antenna shave, and side skirts (and sometime soonish: reinstall rear wheel skirts and create rear box cavity with diffuser and small trunk-lid spoiler). And those are just the aero mods. I also run radical weight reduction, an alt delete & plug in, lighter/thinner 13" wheels, and an injector kill switch (eventually lighter braking components and a VX final drive too).

Is that heavily modded enough??

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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