[vandykkd]

Hello,
Let me welcome you and offer encouragement. Don't be afraid to experiment. Almost everything can be reversed. They may laugh, but they also drive gas guzzlers.
I haven't posted in a long long time but you'll find my first post back in 2011.
I have very little spare time to keep a blog, but its probably time to post an update since my last one in 2011.

All my Mods to my 1994 Civic are simple, effective, easy, practical, includes return-on-investment (ROI) consideration, and real-world in practice.....and still in place after 6 years. This is my daily driver; now 70 miles per day and still going. I don't put anything into my car I can't recoup the costs, but for a few bucks I'll give anything a try.

Most of my mods come from home depo, auto parts stores or things on the side of the road someone else threw out.

I've been laughed at and Jeered "look at the Geek Car". "What weird looking car"......I smile.....and I don't care. I'm laughing all the way to the bank.

I tell my co-workers "Its my retirement plan". I'm on track for an early retirement.

Look up my original post:

Preface:
1994 Honda Civic Mods- 1.5 L 4 Cyl. Paid $1100 - Engine Rebuild $600
5 Spd stick shift
Total miles Modifications tested and proven- 125,000 miles after installation.
(including 2 round trips Cocoa Beach-Chicago, 2 more to Nashville.)
Total mileage - 286,000+
Original MPG - 35 city/hwy combined.
Current MPG - 41-42 city/hwy combined
MODS
- Rear Wheel Skirts - Free scrap metal - 8 hours labor
- Front moon caps - $90 ebay
- Shaved side mirrors and moved to concave square mirrors inside. Add a curved blind spot clip on mirror to the center one - $8 and $12 @ Advance auto
- Vacuum gauge (this is a must-have to learn hyper-mile driving and measure mod effectiveness) - $20 harbor freight.
- Carpet removed (it got wet from a rain leak I cant find, and it stunk. So I took carpet out and threw in rubber mats for now.......2 years ago - $20 Wal Mart)
- Engine Cut Off and Coast switch - $8 Advance Auto. (this mods the most FUN but one that requires very careful driving habits for hyper driving management to be courteous for other drivers behind and in front of you before killing the engine, but it will make you very aware of smooth driving techniques, looking 30 seconds ahead and timing the stoplights perfectly.)
- I fabricated a really nice front 4" air dam from a $7 piece of PVC gutter pipe and painted it to match last partial paint job. I even fastened it with wing nuts in case I had to rip it loose if I hit something in the road or that ugly parking lot bumper jumped out at me. But I removed it when the mileage went down by 2 MPG after three tank's test).
-I remove one wiper blade for long road trips and use Rain X
-Disconnected the power steering pump belt
-Disconnected the AC belt (it quit 30,000 miles ago)
Mods Considering: (when I have time).
Belly Pan - perhaps one of these large and free corroplastic political road signs can finally go to good use - $free plus $4 in fasteners
Strap on whale tail - Another $free political sign and a $10 pair of harbor freight magnetic trailer lights.
Spring loaded sliding radiator air dam - A third $free political sign.

Did I mention I'm laughing all the way to the bank?

If I can find some more time soon, I'll post a new thread on each Mod and the story and pictures to go with it.

Keep experimenting. Some of the best inventions came out of garages.
Kurt