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Old 01-07-2014, 01:24 PM   #97 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by tvbd56 View Post
At about 60mph I'm running about 2450-2500RPM, at least that's what my speedo says while my scangauge says 2400RPM.

Do the added side skirts scrape at all with normal driving? I have 6in lawn edging on my front bumper and it scrapes from time to time so I would imagine that edging on the skirts would scrape as well.
At 60mph my car is at something around 2000 rpm, IIRC. Maybe 2100. The side skirts do not scrape often, only occasionally and only slightly when/if I go over a speedbump with both wheels perpendicular too it and kinda quick. The amount of suspension travel in that situation produces a light scrape sound occasionally. Otherwise nothing. The front airdam often scrapes on driveways, but it is very flexible and always bounces right back. No problem.
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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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