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California98Civic · 12-07-2013, 09:08 AM

Is it a manual transmission? If so, I have nearly the same car, or had nearly the same car before mods. The usual simple stuff true for most cars will help you: pump up the tires. Mine are at 55-60 psi most of the time. Get a ScanGuage or UltraGauge (it will pay for itself through improved fuel economy) and then learn to drive at 75% - 80% load, shifting at 2000 rpm, give or take 100. An air dam and grill blocks are easy and cheap to make and have helped me a lot. My best engine mods were to get rid of power steering. It was only an option on this lightweight car. You don't really need it. I have done many other mods, all detailed on my car's page, often with links, meant to help new people as well as just document my process a little.

WELCOME!

Start a fuel log so you can track progress over time.

12-07-2013, 09:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	Is it a manual transmission? If so, I have nearly the same car, or had nearly the same car before mods. The usual simple stuff true for most cars will help you: pump up the tires. Mine are at 55-60 psi most of the time. Get a ScanGuage or UltraGauge (it will pay for itself through improved fuel economy) and then learn to drive at 75% - 80% load, shifting at 2000 rpm, give or take 100. An air dam and grill blocks are easy and cheap to make and have helped me a lot. My best engine mods were to get rid of power steering. It was only an option on this lightweight car. You don't really need it. I have done many other mods, all detailed on my car's page, often with links, meant to help new people as well as just document my process a little. WELCOME! Start a fuel log so you can track progress over time. __________________ 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.