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Old 03-03-2013, 06:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by SpeedyCorky View Post
I have a grill block similar to yours. sometimes my HX runs a bit hot - and when it does, it usually has trouble getting into lean burn. I keep an eye on temps of course, but I havent experimented much with using the heater to cool things down..... i'll try it for a few weeks and let you know
Great. The trick with the cabin air recirculation selected but without running the fan was the biggest surprise. I expect it'll work for you too. I also found that I could set the heat level in the middle between hot/cold and get a predictably more modest effect. I like the idea of keeping coolant temps in the low and mid 190s.
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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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