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Old 05-23-2017, 11:42 AM   #56 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by Shortie771 View Post
^^ This ^^

Weight reduction is fine and dandy to a point. Changing rims, sure, taking out the back seats, why not... But when you start to go as far as swapping your flywheel (If your changing the clutch anyway go or it), remove your dash to tear out the sound dampening on your firewall or taking out airbags, it simply isn't worth the effort (or safety risks in some cases).
Yeah. I agree with that completely. I was not even willing to change the wheels until my tires were worn out. Then I insisted on wearing out the tires on the used 1992 Civic VX wheels before getting new LRR shoes for them. All my safety equipment is in place.
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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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