Noob from TX w/ 95 civic VX
 

Howdy Y'all! I have been lurking here over a year, but this past monday I got a smokin' deal on a 95 honda civic VX! My father and uncle are both Ecomodders and have upgraded one of of there mules, so I got the older one. It already had a fully calibrated MPGuido (sic) and warm air intake (WAI) with choke-cable operated adjustable shutter!

I went from a 02 cavalier automatic that got 30-32 MPG @ 65-75MPH, I know because the fuel level gauge quit working 5 years ago.

I have a 75 mile round trip commute through San Antonio with very little traffic, due to a 5:30am to 4:30pm work day six days a week.

according to the Guido, I got 48 mpg Thursday morning, 56.82 Thursday evening and 56.05 this morning!

EDIT: Just so you don't need to read the whole thread, I have added the link to the WAI build thread.


http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post408134

Welcome..
Congrats on the VX you won't be disappointed.
Can you please include some pics and description of the (WAI) with choke-cable operated adjustable shutter.

Welcome! Perfect car for that kind of a commute!

WD40, I'll try tonight on the pics. I have been looking at your Kammback, and will be working on my own in the new year.

NachtRitter, thanks! i'm excited! if I can average 60mpg I should realize about $1200 in yearly savings.

Oh yeah, it has brand-new Michelin green-X tires at 50psi.

No dice on pictures tonight, its raining here, sorry folks

Having trouble sizing pictures.
The WAI system consists of a heat shield enclosing the space between the exhaust manifold and engine block, a corrugated hose about 3" diameter leading from the manifold to a "cut-out". For those not familiar, a cut-out is a valve people put in an exhaust pipe so they can select an exhaust routing on the fly. Mainly used in racing to bypass the muffler. This allows the driver to adjust the intake air temperature with a choke cable mounted in the dash. The other side of the valve goes to ambient underhood air and the valve has, basically, infinite adjustability. I will try again with the pictures soon

That sounds like what I had in mind to make using an old throttle body valve, no doubt cheaper then some of the cut outs I searched.
Excellent to get some fresh ideas.

A throttle body would work great, and you are right, they would be cheap at a junk yard. I love this place!! No matter what you do someone will improve on it! Mine has a temp sensor in the filter box, that way I can see my adjustments in real time. The whole system needs tweaking. It worked great in the summer, but I can't get it over 80f now. My dad runs this setup on a crx hf and a VX and claims the ideal range is 110-130f. Anything over 150 causes major power loss

I really like your idea of using a throttle body

CAST 2.25 CUTOUT W/CABLE

Or search: *JEGS Performance Products#555-30862

This one is $63.99 usd

Bad pictures but I hope you get the idea.

Version 2.0 adjustable WAI I will start a thread. I'm trying to figure out how to make posts with pictures, not just thumbnails.

After you attach the photo, open the photo to full size (I do it in a new tab) and then right click on it. Select "copy image location" and return to your post. In the post type [img][/img] and paste the link in the middle between the square-bracketed commands.

Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com - ecoTex's Album: Adjustable WAI - Picture


http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...2&d=1390204252

Im trying to do this on a phone. I'll wait till tomorrow. There is a noticeable improvement in intake temps with the resonator bypassed

Thanks, California98Civic. I wanted to learn how to do this too, and when I saw this post, got all excited & decided to try it. But I couldn't get it to work. :(

When I right click the opened full size image, "copy image location" is not one of the options showing. Do I open it in this website to do the copy, or in my own computer's file? (I tried opening this website again in a new tab and doing it that way, but it didn't work)

Sorry to be so ignorant - learning new computer tricks isn't one of my strengths (but once I do, I love it!! :)

It seems in IE you cannot do it the way I described. I always use Firefox, for example:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...p;d=1390204252

IE is so irritating. Or are you using Chrome?

Now I am logged in using IE:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...2&d=1390204252

So in IE, upload the image, and then click on it so it appears alone on the page and then cut and paste the link shown in the address box of the browser, using the same [img][/img] format. That's how I just posted the second example of the same image, in IE.

HALLELUJAH!!! Thanks again Cal98!

+1 Thanks!!! Yes, I use IE, and it worked the second time I tried. Opening the full size view not by clicking on the thumbnail, but by clicking on the image title in the box in the "advanced" menu.

No problem. Now you can start that thread on your WAI in the way you wanted to. Thios one pic looks good. If you have process photos let's see 'em!

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post408134

this is my WAI thread