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Old 04-16-2015, 01:45 AM   #89 (permalink)
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Cool! So, if you reduce engine load significantly at freeway speeds in fifth gear, you may be able to stay in LB in 5th. The best way would be aeromods (undertray, airdam, grill block, and maybe side and wheel skirts). You might also reduce weight significantly (like 100 or 200 lbs). And you might reduce tire/wheel diameter and rotational mass while raising RPMs just slightly with some VX wheels and 175/70-13 tires. Somewhere in there you might cross the magic line and be able to stay in LB in fifth at freeway speeds.

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That's true. Of all the ratios listed on line this is the only one that has been accurate for me and the transmission I have verified.
I invite you to find errors in my list, linked a couple posts up. I checked, corrected, and added to online listings with data published by Honda. That 2.95 FD for te HF is on my list. And everything is cited. If there are still errors, I'd like to know.
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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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