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Old 03-13-2014, 03:04 PM   #51 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by Mista Bone View Post
Question: What are you doing with the throttle when cutting the fuel?
Thanks. Pretty cool mod, huh? If I understand your question, the answer is "nothing." I take my foot off the pedal put the car in neutral or at least depress the clutch the instant before I cut the injectors. Engine cuts-out and I coast, with all systems on, until I choose to restart by kiss-starting with the clutch, or key starting. I get some very long glides too. On occasion I have glided with the injector switch in the off position, so there is no fuel or chance of engine start, glided in gear at WOT to generate power and move coolant and listen to the engine pump air without burning fuel... pretty weird sound. And of course, at WOT, the car will glide a little further. But I don't do that regularly because I'm afraid of wear on an engine that might not be pumping oil at that moment.

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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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