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Originally Posted by Daschicken
I hope you lubed up those caliper slider pins good. If you feel like going back in there, you can make some brake pad return springs, i've got a video on them. Be careful to not make them too strong. I made mine very strong with the assumption that the hydraulic brake system would easily overpower them. Well, it does, but the initial pedal feel has changed. I have gotten used to it, but I would prefer it to bite more.
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For sure, that was the problem with the old brake caliper, whenever the brake was pressed the pins would engage and wouldn't release (I'm assuming that's how they work, I'm not extremely mechanical myself), creating a pretty significant amount of drag that quickly heated up the wheel itself.
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Originally Posted by Daschicken
I should hope you can achieve a 50 MPG tank, my best tank in the V6 accord was 44.6 MPG, and I just passed 50 MPG yesterday! I have yet to be called a ricer and my car looks like:
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Is your Accord an automatic or a manual? How much of an increase have you seen with your mods?
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Originally Posted by Daschicken
You should be able to get some pretty helpful mods in even with maintaining a stock appearance. My car remained mostly stock looking for a while because of parents...  |
Lol! I also don't want to ruin the resale value of my car so any mods I would do would have to be easily removable without damaging the car. Only if I end up not selling it later on would I consider doing some "serious" (probably not "serious" to you experts) mods.
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Originally Posted by Daschicken
Add an engine block heater to your list of potential mods, they are cheap, effective, and very nice to have in the cold.
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Definitely have considered that, especially during the colder weeks when MPG is noticeably reduced. However I am kind of on a budget, hence why hypermiling appeals to me besides just the simple nerdiness of attaining those higher numbers.
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Originally Posted by Daschicken
When you are stopped(assuming engine on), do you shift into neutral while waiting? That is worth a 25-30% reduction in idle fuel consumption vs in drive, and gives a smoother idle.
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I haven't done that, and I haven't done any EOC just for safety reasons. If the intersection is busy enough to warrant that I just don't feel it safe enough, and if there isn't any traffic I'm just not stopped long enough to do that. I have considered doing it though, however I still occasionally try to accelerate in neutral after coasting just because I sometimes forget to shift back into drive, something I hate because it's just a waste of fuel lol.
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Originally Posted by Daox
Welcome to the site and congrats on the great mileage with a stock automatic! Nicely done.
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Thank you!
<--one thing I have already noticed, there needs to be a "moderate" grin face..sometimes
isn't enough and
is too much.
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Originally Posted by Xist
We have a member that wanted an HX and four doors. He did not make excuses.
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Lol I'm sure it's possible! However I have very little mechanical know-how and of course a budget has to be applied to.
