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Old 03-08-2014, 04:00 PM   #105 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by jedi_sol View Post
How does your brake booster mod work? What is it doing to your braking system to allow you more braking before bump starting ?
The OEM system already stores vacuum pressure produced by the engine in vacuum lines and a small "canister." This mod adds more volume to the storage by putting an extra canister in-line with the existing system. The larger volume means "more" vacuum storage and hence more brake assist, and therefore, I needn't restart the engine for a second on my way down some of the mile and a half long dramatic hills around here. I like it a lot.
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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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