Civic vtec-e ek3 Lean-burning
Hi,
I'm from the Netherlands and I just started working as a engineer. I've always loved cars and like to work on them (hobby). I have had 4 cars already, did some racing with them primarily auto-x. Performance wise there's already alot off knowledge, but improving your car to get the best mileage isn't explored that much. So this make's it more off a challange and that's way I want to hypermill my car. I still want to do some auto-x once a month so i'll combine the best of both worlds. As a student I got sick off the appalling public transport, so I bought myself a honda civic 1.5 vtec-e, with leanburning mode. Stock with some adjusted driving I got about 1L/20KM that's about 47MPG! Quite good for stock. Its not the nicesist civic buth i got it for cheap, which was a must as a student. And for my daily commute to work a go by bicycle, so i'm using it only in my spare time. This makes tracking the mpg's difficalt. current modyfications: -General maintenance, and rust prefention. -Lowered it with coil-overs from ast suspension -Got larger winter wheels from the new mini cooper 175/60/r16 runflat The steelies do have al the same dimensions as the stock steely, except for the diameter 14" vs 16". With aerodynamic bmw 7-series hub-caps. -Aerodynamic 15" opel rims. Stock http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...tcoupe/DS1.jpg Last winter http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...e/DSC03174.jpg This summer http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...e/DSC03326.jpg |
That's a good looking car, especially with the BMW rims. Welcome aboard!:thumbup:
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Did my first real aeromod, all be it a small one.
I use my right side mirror alot, with parking near the sidewalk, so I downsized it. It's alot smaller then OEM and the housing I made around it is aerodynamic so I sure its a improvement on reduction in frontal area and I tuft tested it and the turbalence is also reduced. I also made it so its removable and still adjustuble. differance in size http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-20211323.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-20213323.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-20213238.jpg |
Hehe that mirror is... Small;) Do you have statistics of how much your MPG has increased?
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No I don't have a MPguino yet, becouse I must have made at least 20messenges on the forum to send to seller a PM.
And I have to becouse it has to be shipped to Holland. But I tuft tested it on the side window and it made a big difference, much less turbelance. |
Awesome. Haha my CRX already ha the side mirror deletion for some reason:D
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It''s been very windy up here so couldn't do some Drag calculations.
But removed the antanna. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-28130922.jpg I also relocated the front number plate, the oem plate-holder extruded about 4cm from the body, which doesn't improve the cars aerodynamic shape. I also wanted to (particly)block the lower grill, becouse the engine's never got hot and I didn't hear the radiator fan turn on, except if i was standing still on a warm day in traffic. So i combined the 2, made sideplates for the plate holder, so that there wouldn't be a low pressure aeria behind the plate (which couses turbilance) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-28141551.jpg Today I bought a "spoiler" off an opel corsa b, it has side flaps which turn inwarth. I want to modify it so that is will be a kammback spoiler. I'm gonna experiment with fluidviz to see what's the best setup to let to flow stay attached. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-28163327.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...5-28163340.jpg |
Awesome! That is a clean little car.
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