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Originally Posted by vrmouseyd15b
Crap. You've still got my best tank beat by a bunch, and I don't have the donkey's luxury of time to go at my highest mpg speed. He's almost untouchable! My feet feel heavy too, sometimes 
That's bad for the mpgs.
And the weather still works against us. ..
Should build a teleporter instead  Ha!
Keep it up dude. I'm sure you have something cool cooking 
Thanks,
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Haha, thanks bro. And, we'll considering your about 1000% above EPA, I think you win on most fronts around here
Heavy foot...get up earlier dude! That's my problem, atleast. I've found that their is a direct relationship between how many times I hit the snooze button in the morning versus how heavy my foot is
Lately, with this cold weather, that snooze button has been a good bit more enticing.
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Originally Posted by leety
What a fantastic Project. You are inspiring me to go harder on my newly acquired '92 VX. What fun!!! Thanks for all the pix, info and great ideas.
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Thanks so much Leety, and welcome to the site sir! This has been my most enjoyable project to date, by far. I think my RSX was my "coolest" car, and best all-around performance/daily machine. But, the goals for this project are so much different, and it's just a more enjoyable/rewarding build. Looking forward to seeing what your next fuel log entry brings forth. LMK if it's still low. I think the biggest factors hurting you right now are probably: short commute so no lean burn; and/or CA ECU so no lean burn; and/or general gunk build up in the EGR, TB, and intake system. Also, have you replaced the filters (fuel and air) and done a tune up (plugs/wires/cap/button)? Also, of course, how you drive the VX is much different than any other car. You have to keep an egg under your foot. It feels like the little, most under-powered car in the universe, at first. Like, I'm going to DIE getting on the interestate in this thing. But, once you get used to driving it, going it's pace, the economy numbers will start to shift in your favor dramatically. If you try to make it fit in a "normal speed" bubble with every other car, it will drive like crap and also give you terrible mpg stats. We'll, if you think 35 mpg is terrible, ha! Also, I've found the "slow life" a good bit more relaxing than I had during my tenure wit the 9000 RPM redline on the B16 EK, or 8200 RPM redline on the RSX. Both also got around 27 mpg...
Be back soon with an "update".