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Old 08-04-2019, 04:24 PM   #25 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy View Post
Nice! Makes me wish I had tried harder to get a better on on my Civic. It's looking good!
I took it off today because it was warping enough to burst all the duct tape. It just kept warping over time. I think the paper wrapped foam board is probably not a great candidate. But I NEED another model because without the spoiler again I struggle (again) to get over the 70mpg threshold. Today's morning run yielded 68.xx again. I was well over 70 in that same trip average when I took the spoiler off this morning. These are not scientific data points, obviously, but given that this is the design that tested approx 6.5% better in coast down testing at El Mirage, I am confident I am probably seeing the costs of not running the spoiler, at least in part. I may fiberglass my original cardboard template today.
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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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