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Old 10-19-2012, 12:12 AM   #48 (permalink)
California98Civic
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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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Originally Posted by mattrich67 View Post
Hey California98 what are your techniques. How do u accelerate shift and your average highway speeds and city speeds? Also what other mods do u have besides wai and grill block?

What gauges are you using and how are you going about reading them?

I have already learned a lot from you and paleMelanesian once I get my gauge here and installed I hope I can hit mid 40s.
Thanks.

I have tons of detail on existing and planned mods on my car's ecomodder page, but the best mods beside the two you mention appear to have been the power steering delete, alt cut-off switch, and airdam. Weight reduction (over 200lbs) has also been critical, given the hills, traffic, and reliance on P&G. For tons more, take a look at my page. I hope it's not overwhelming.

I use an UltraGauge, which has the advantage of six figures per page (instead of scagauge's 4). On my main page: load, rpm, trip mpg, longterm fuel trim, coolant temp, and intake air temp.

[EDIT: oh, and I try to average speedlimits, which are usually 35, 45, 50 and only sometimes 25 or 65.]
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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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