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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Here are a couple mods you can do that will improve fuel economy: complete upper grill block, partial lower grill block, lawn-edging air dam, raise tire pressure, remove power steering, injector kill switch. Then hypermile moderately and these cars will probably top 50mpg for you without overmuch work. All of these mods and more, as well as fairly heavy and very dedicated hypermiling have been my mainstay for over 4 years now... in a car almost identical to yours.
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I'm not into actual hypermiling - that seems way extreme for me ( no AC for example, putting it in neutral down hills... ). And this is an automatic ( I used stick shifts years ago, but they were a pain ). But I am interested in getting the best mileage and power out of it, as I can reasonably expect with prudent driving. But it looks like the Teal car needs a little work first. I've been getting 32-36 with it, but like I said, the assertiveness and smoothness is lacking, compared to the Silver car that we just got. ( both '98 Civics with the same model engine )
My mechanic suggested a can of BG44K too, this afternoon, so I filled up and added that. But I cant help wonder about that timing belt change, just before we got it, and if it isn't a little off.