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Old 07-30-2016, 11:38 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Yeah, if I remember right, you had difficulty reducing weight and aero load enough to sustain LB at speeds that still made sense for FE, or was that someone else? Was that the scenario?
Yup, exactly my scenario. In hindsight, it may have been my tires that were hindering my efforts, or my somewhat low compression on one cylinder (was ~12% off over the other three) but in the end, I wish I had stuck with the HX transmission. It was still 'peppy' but also cruised at a nice RPM at 70 (about 2700).

I'm probably going to be buying another HX soon (~ 6 months) but I'll be going for more performance orientation over FE. The engine/transmission will be stock, but I plan on putting a GT15 turbo, upgraded suspension/decent sounding exhaust, etc etc.
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