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Old 02-02-2014, 01:51 PM   #257 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by xntrx View Post
Nice to see the pulley worked for you. The MOI at the crank is very low, so must gains are from underdriving the acc. I was lucky as d15z1 is non-dampened stock, so longevity shouldn't be affected. Is this the same on the echo?
Nice job echo-francis!

Xntrx, by MOI are you refering to rotational mass in some way. A 3 lb reduction in rotational mass being equivalent to maybe 6 or even 12 lbs dead weight? And by dampened you mean no harmonic balancer? Or something else. Sorry for basic questions, but if I am asking then there must be other readers who don't quite recognize the terms, ether, right? I am actively considering this mod when I do scheduled timing belt work sometime in the near future, maybe March. I don't have AC or PS anymore and since the crank pulley has to come off for the timing belt replacement... maybe its a good time to mod it. Thanks man.
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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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