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Old 05-16-2016, 08:56 AM   #12 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
Team Honda
90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US)
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Is there something so much different about a 2009 Fit's wiring compared to a 1996-2000 Civic that means you can't just cut the ground to the fuel injector relay? I did that five years ago on my 1998 Civic. The worst thing that has ever happened has been a switch failure after tens of thousands of uses. All the switch failure required for repair was reconnecting the ground wire with a buttsplice in the car and driving home using key off for engine off coasting. Took less than 5 mins to repair, and failure only happened because of my novice design flaws. Wire failed once. Switch failed once. I moved the wires so they would get less stress from the shifter knob's movements, and later I got a more robust switch. No new issues.
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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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