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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Congrats on decisions and committments. Good stuff you bought.
Also, remember that at first any new set of tires, including LRR, will tend to decrease FE as they break in. So wait a few hundred miles to judge 'em. Also, are you swapping the trans yourself? If so, be sure to get a new throw-out bearing, check drive shaft oil seal positioning very carefully, and prepare for the PITA that is the spring pin in the shifter linkage.
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BTW, I've already swapped the entire clutch, flywheel, throwout, pilot bearing assembly and inspected the seals on the motor so it's all good. Easy for the most part. Just climbing around the car to hit each bolt is time consuming and pulling the axle and hubs etc...
But yes I agree. I couldn't even get my shifter linkage pin out the last time so I pulled the whole linkage with the trans. This time around I guess I may have to pay a shop to fix me up.
I also bought a 200 dollar roof rack (versus 450 new) so i'm very committed to keeping this car.
Haha I was gonna comment earlier on your year old hub bearing thread, THAT was a pain in the ass. Imagine. We replaced both hub bearings with a freezer, 12 pound sledge hammer, 5 pound sledge hammer, and a ball joint press. Very creative pita, but we did it ourselves in about a day so we didn't have to pay anybody. Got rid of the quarter inch wiggle in both front hubs.
Before I throw all this in I've got about 6,500 in miles of testing on my current setup so far. So my real average, not PnG, at 70mph on the interstate with the AC off is 39mpg.