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Old 06-18-2020, 11:12 AM   #37 (permalink)
California98Civic
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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 Ecky View Post
I found it to be "all that much" personally but I'd probably do it again. I like how easy it is to bump start the engine, and how quickly it revs.
With almost no parasitic draw left on my crank pulley, I can feel that 20 lb flywheel roll on when I put in the clutch and kill the injectors. It spins so much that I learned to wait for it to slow down so the engine does not spontaneously restart when I turn the injectors back on. In fact, I often turn the alternator on for a second to act as a brake on the flywheel (get a tiny bit of "free power" back from the flywheel).
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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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