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Old 08-05-2014, 06:47 PM   #179 (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
Torque wrenches? Please don't tell me you were using torque wrenches as breaker bars...

You'll probably want to get those calibrated if you did.



Awesome! You can move the world with a long enough lever! I figured I was somewhere around 600ft-lbs by the time she let go
Yup. Buddy next door's torque wrench is about 10% out of calibration, and practically insisted I use it. So I did. Didn't work. In the end I had my 155lbs body, practically hanging/sitting on 6' of pipe extension on a breaker bar, bouncing it. That's what... maybe 930+ ft/lbs?
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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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