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Mac Daddy · 01-27-2016, 11:53 AM

I put a jdm 1.3 engine in my 1999 honda civic hatchback, hoping to get the promised 50 t0 60 mpg. After my first tank of gas, I only got 28 mpg. The folks that sold me the engine said I should use the Throtle body off the 1.6 from the old engine. Any thoughts, or ideas about this disappointment?

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Mac Daddy EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Charlottesville Va. Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	MacDaddy (jdm 1.3 engine swap in my 1999 honda civic) I put a jdm 1.3 engine in my 1999 honda civic hatchback, hoping to get the promised 50 t0 60 mpg. After my first tank of gas, I only got 28 mpg. The folks that sold me the engine said I should use the Throtle body off the 1.6 from the old engine. Any thoughts, or ideas about this disappointment?