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Old 06-14-2014, 09:45 PM   #15 (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 D.Sol View Post
Is that a good motor+transmission to work with for great mpgs?
Yeah, you have the 0.702 fifth gear and the 4.058 final drive, which is a little better than the Del Sol Si and a couple others. It's about the same gearing as alot of the DX and LX trims had, fifth and sixth generations. The engine too is fun, because it does not have any of the vtec features, which at this point are aging and becoming difficult and costly to get some parts for, like the all-important wideband O2 sensors and exhaust manis and CATs.

Awesome platform for good, economical ecomod motoring. I love the look of that little car, personally.
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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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