Newbie here.

[redline5th]

Been into cars for a while, and the whole eco modding is a bit new to me, but I hope to learn more.

So far I have a 1998 Honda Civic DX with a 5spd manual tranny. With mixed driving I have obtained 35mpg when I first got it. Now during the same trips I get around 40. I have light weight wheels, intake/exhuast, did a full tune up, and eased off the gas. With more highway I've reached as high as 45 mpg, and that was before I did quite a few things. In a few weeks I'll let you all know what it pegs at.

Hope to learn more this looks like a cool place to hang out.

[Greenblazer]

Welcome to ecomodder! Sounds like you are doing pretty well with the fuel economy. You might just find a way to do even better here.

Later,

Allan Greenblazer

[Daox]

Welcome to the site. The Civic can hit some pretty great numbers. Keep us up to date.

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by redline5th

the whole eco modding is a bit new to me

I sort of guessed that from your username

35 to 40 is a great start. That alone would make a lot of people happy. Glad to hear you're aiming for more.

Welcome to the site.

[88CRX]

Your getting great gas mileage already!

Welcome

[redline5th]

What would you guys recommend doing? Is there anything civic specific that I could do?

I can't really do any grille blocks because of the weather here, it gets quite hot here.

I've already done some lower profile mirrors, and not too long ago I deleted the powersteering. I don't really want to do any wheel skirts, since I don't think they look good. I thought about making something to keep the air from getting trapped in my rear bumper.

I'm pretty good at hypermiling. Most of that comes naturally to me.

[SVOboy]

Welcome to ecomodder! Throw an HX engine and EG cx/vx tranny in there,

[Daox]

Are your tires inflated to max sidewall? If not thats a good place to start. Also, a scangauge is a great tool to have.

I wouldn't discount grill blocks yet. I think two other Civic owners are running FULL blocks minus about a 4"x4" opening. It wouldn't take much more even with higher temps. As it is stock you probably have a lot of area you can still cover up.

[redline5th]

Tire psi is set at 32 front and 34 rear. I may start running them at 35 all around. Max is 44psi.

Well I don't have anything major work done yet...just a short ram intake, high flow muffler, HX rims (11lbs a piece), low profile mirrors, a front lip.

Most of the time when I say highway I'm talking 70mph interstate speeds.

I may do a full upper grill block soon. I'm not gonna do a full lower though, maybe a partial.

[Johnny Mullet]

Welcome to the site. Sounds like you are doing well with that car already. Have you tried doing some weight reduction?