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Old 06-12-2008, 09:17 PM   #10 (permalink)
Blue07CivicEX
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NewBlue - '07 Honda Civic EX
90 day: 38.13 mpg (US)

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Under safety is where there are two backup cameras one with a 2.5" and one with a 3.5" lcd, they don't give the power specs for the setup but I checked a 7"tft lcd and it was <8w so I would speculate that it would be approximately that for 1/2 the lcd and a camera added (plus wireless coms).

Adding a "mini" PC and webcams would be significantly more power but whether the extra power consumption would be enough drag on the engine to hurt mileage more then sideviews would? I have no idea. another option would be to power the camera's or a PC from something along the lines of a motorcycle battery, reasonably light and would run a pc for a couple hours or the camera's for basically ever... but then you're adding what 10lbs/battery? 20AH motorcycle battery weighs 11lbs (just a quick google search for a motorcycle battery for a large honda bike).

Anyway! just my two cents I can see the options but I have no idea what would be the most mpg efficient I don't have the eco-modder background to support that.
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