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Old 08-04-2014, 09:25 PM   #173 (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 darcane View Post
I use hand tools for most everything. A 3' long 1/2" breaker bar, with a 3' long pipe over it and another 3' long breaker bar holding the tool in place (it was braced against the ground).

It sure felt like I was about to break something... and then pop, it came loose!
A 150 ft/lbs torque wrench done this way could not get it to budge. A 300 ft/lbs electric torque wrench just failed to do it. I now have an 800 ft/lbs compressed air wrench ... gotta hook that bad boy up. Something's got to give...

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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
Hi Cacivic, what RPM do you see at 70mph with that CX tranny? I'm trying to find out what I will be running with the VX tranny I bought. Also, on your warm air intake, you drilled holes BEFORE the filter right?
I don't know what it turns at 70 mph because I am almost never there except for a momentary pulse under some conditions. Sorry. But for the WAI, my latest version has no drilling. I disconnected the stock tubing at the filter box and replaced it with dryer hose, routed to the exhaust manifold. Simple and effective. I get IAT readings in the 130s and 140s.
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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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