My plan for Ultimate MPG

[Camvill]

Ok so heres my plan for my civic once it gets alittle warmer:

1. Remove all unnessacary weight,(rear seats, spare and jack etc.)
2. Get a high flow filter or CAI
3. Seafoam the whole engine
4. New clutch

Anymore ideas you can think of let me know. The factory mpg rating on the highway for my civic is up to 55 mpg.

[Savage_Messiah]

get the wheel covers that UBG has on his cavy!!

[SteveR]

bio diesel lol

seriously, check out a free flowing exhaust and header, it works on V8s so why not a civic? Oh and a full tune up, plugs, wires, belts, fluids, filters, injector cleaner, etc.

[Camvill]

bio diesel lol

seriously, check out a free flowing exhaust and header, it works on V8s so why not a civic? Oh and a full tune up, plugs, wires, belts, fluids, filters, injector cleaner, etc.

header and exhuast i refuse to do for the simple fact that i hate the way the car sounds and to make it any louder would just irritate me :-( Maybe if it was a V8 :-)

[SteveR]

How about just the header then? It would let the engine breath a little better maybe.

[BrandonDrecksage]

get a vacuum gauge so you can control throttle input better...more vacuum=less air=better mpg

[3rdGenLT1]

hi flow cat or no cat

[WildBillyT]

get a vacuum gauge so you can control throttle input better...more vacuum=less air=better mpg

Absolutely.

I have a boost/vac gauge and I use it for this purpose all the time.

[qwikz28]

-super concentrated fuel injector cleaner. my buddy gained 1mpg average according to his computer on his VW with this stuff.
-check tire pressure
-if you do alot of highway like i do, any aerodynamic mods will help. lose any unnecessary body stuff (spoiler, roof rack, body kits, etc...)

ps- i like your intake idea. autozone sells a decent one for cheap. my buddy had it and it really woke the car up. also, can we see a pic of the car? maybe if it has skinny tires you can be beast and lose the power steering

[alamantia]

Just drive down hill wherever you go.

[ar0ck]

Pussy Foot it around town.

[BigAls87Z28]

Im gunna try that with my Caprice. Probably wont get 55mpg...probably not even 25..but I am aiming for 20mpg.
20mpg x 22 gallon tank= 440miles per tank.
id like 25mpg...but not getting my hopes up. Current MPG is 16, best ever was on a highway run at 80mph got me 18.

[Camvill]

-super concentrated fuel injector cleaner. my buddy gained 1mpg average according to his computer on his VW with this stuff.
-check tire pressure
-if you do alot of highway like i do, any aerodynamic mods will help. lose any unnecessary body stuff (spoiler, roof rack, body kits, etc...)

ps- i like your intake idea. autozone sells a decent one for cheap. my buddy had it and it really woke the car up. also, can we see a pic of the car? maybe if it has skinny tires you can be beast and lose the power steering

The car didnt come with power steering lol. i will post pictures soon

[alamantia]

Tornado

[Mike]

leave it stock

[GP99GT]

Tornado

x2!

[trashman01]

Im gunna try that with my Caprice. Probably wont get 55mpg...probably not even 25..but I am aiming for 20mpg.
20mpg x 22 gallon tank= 440miles per tank.
id like 25mpg...but not getting my hopes up. Current MPG is 16, best ever was on a highway run at 80mph got me 18.

ur kidding right? my 6600lb truckw itha 5.9 and 4.10s at 70mph was gettin 22mpg, without bed cover

[Tru2Chevy]

ur kidding right? my 6600lb truckw itha 5.9 and 4.10s at 70mph was gettin 22mpg, without bed cover

He's got an early 90's caprice with an L05 (350 TBI). Not exactly designed for great mileage.

- Justin

[deadtrend1]

Absolutely.

I have a boost/vac gauge and I use it for this purpose all the time.

werd

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/deadtrend1/misc/100_0280.jpg

and like the others said. Drive with a light foot.

[trashman01]

He's got an early 90's caprice with an L05 (350 TBI). Not exactly designed for great mileage.

- Justin

i had a 01 Ram 1500 Off-Road, quad cab short box, 33" tires, 4.10s and the 360 i dont think mine was either:lol:

[Featherburner]

Im gunna try that with my Caprice. Probably wont get 55mpg...probably not even 25..but I am aiming for 20mpg.
20mpg x 22 gallon tank= 440miles per tank.
id like 25mpg...but not getting my hopes up. Current MPG is 16, best ever was on a highway run at 80mph got me 18.Have you thrown a tune up on that? You should be getting a lot better than that. My dad had a 92 Road Master with the same engine and he was getting 18/19 around town and 23/24 on the highway.

[JL8Jeff]

i had a 01 Ram 1500 Off-Road, quad cab short box, 33" tires, 4.10s and the 360 i dont think mine was either:lol:

I bet you didn't have the speedo recalibrated right because 22 mpg with that combo is impossible.

A header on the Honda with an open element air filter will definitely give you better power/efficiency which should increase mpg. Just put a normal Dynomax type muffler on and it won't be obnoxious. I ran a header on my 86 4Runner with the 2.4L 4 cyl and it picked up power and mpg and that was with a full 2.5" exhaust including cat.

[WildBillyT]

werd

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/deadtrend1/misc/100_0280.jpg

and like the others said. Drive with a light foot.

Yeah, don't do this (Sorry for the horizontal...it won't stay rotated on photobucket)::-?

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/double_overdrive496/th_GTP.jpg (http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/double_overdrive496/?action=view&current=GTP.flv)

[alamantia]

Fuel Magnets

[JerzyIroc]

i used to get about 40 out of my honduh. it was also a 93 but it had the SOHC vtec motor and it was a 4 door. I/H/E and a tune up i went up to about 45ish. Like jeff said though put a regular dynomax or something and itll be reasonably quiet. The header and the intake is gonna make a bit louder. once you do that you can get two big bottles of nawz and run mid 11's!!!!

[trashman01]

I bet you didn't have the speedo recalibrated right because 22 mpg with that combo is impossible.
the 33s came stock and so did the 4.10s on the Off-Road Package. i only was able to take it on the highway once or twice be4 it was totaled.

[97slpss]

my HOUNDa.. sounds pretty frigen good with an intake and headers, the motor screams

[BigAls87Z28]

Have you thrown a tune up on that? You should be getting a lot better than that. My dad had a 92 Road Master with the same engine and he was getting 18/19 around town and 23/24 on the highway.

previous owner said he did one. I pulled a plug or two out and it seems clean and good?
Id love to get 24 highway.
The Malibu used to get 25 city and 32 highway

[Camvill]

well my buddy just found me a header for 50 bucks cant complain. & my other buddy got me a intake. sO im on my way to MPG victory!!!!

[grandkodiak]

Careful about modding cars for miliage... are the parts/labor worth thier weight in gasoline? Usually not. i love the people that say they got the intake, headers and exhuast for the better gas miliage... spending $1000 on parts and probably almost as much on labor will take you yearssssssss to make up the difference with saving a few gallons even since gas has tripled in price over the years! even $500 is ALOT of gas.

Light rims/tires that are skinny that are checked weekly for proper fill will help a good deal... dont fill the tank up every time, a gallon of liquid weighs a good deal...sure free weightloss is good, but if youre a fatass lose some weight yourself lol love seein these 300lbs'ers ride around in thier civics expecting good miliage hahaha....

keep the windows up, dont use the a/c, lite foot pressure, neutral or clutch in for down hills and comming up to red traffic lights, no need to waste gas getting to a stop faster unless some dip****s behind you tailgating... dont pass cars unless they are travling slower then you already, trailing vans and trucks works to a decent degree on long trips, get a ride with someone else as often as possible or get a motorcycle lol, def lose body kits or anything like that, keep the motor, tranny and diffs well oiled, make sure the airfilter is big and clean as possible, keep up with tuning...ahh and air resitance isnt linear to speed, its exponential so slow down! going twice as fast makes 4x the resitance...not 2x.

[Camvill]

yeh im on a tight budget with this and by the way im not 300 lbs im 220 but 6'7"

[grandkodiak]

holy damn you fit in a civic? ahaha i'm 6'2 and i hate imports as it is... at least you have an excuse if you get cought drag racing... you cant help but floor it!

[Camvill]

holy damn you fit in a civic? ahaha i'm 6'2 and i hate imports as it is... at least you have an excuse if you get cought drag racing... you cant help but floor it!

haha yeh everyone around me says i should take out the front seat and just sit in the back to drive. Its actually kinda comfy believe it or not. BTW put my CAI on today and its a beast!!!! you guys would be lucky if you could even keep up to this ~75hp beast

[grandkodiak]

race a john deer on pinks and ask for a few car lengths

[String]

There was a show on the discovery channel or something about all this. It was like "hypermilers" or something.

[Camvill]

i was talking to some guy and he said i should look into reducing the injector size>>>???

[WildBillyT]

i was talking to some guy and he said i should look into reducing the injector size>>>???

I'll make it quick.

No.

[grandkodiak]

definatly not, no, no way, never. that dude probably thinks vtec is a digital turbocharger made out of vinyl that runs on noz.

[Camvill]

But i dont have VTEC :-(

[String]

i was talking to some guy and he said i should look into reducing the injector size>>>???

wouldn't the car run like garbage if you did that..

[WildBillyT]

wouldn't the car run like garbage if you did that..

Well, the engine should only command as much fuel as it needs from the injectors. So if you stay out of it you won't be using their full capacity. If you put smaller ones in you will probably have a fuel starvation problem at WOT. It's a question of fuel use, not injector size.

[Camvill]

i heard certain decals give civics lots of more horsepower is this true?

[Knipps]

:nod: the more you have, the more power you get while increasing your fuel efficiency

[Slo86Bird]

.....push it......

[Camvill]

calculated it after the intake and im getting 38mpg now

[Slo86Bird]

did u try pushing and calculate that? ud prolly get alot better.

[r0nin89]

Aluminum Underdrive pully?

[Knipps]

at this point any money you put into it outside maintenance will cost you more than you'll save.

[79CamaroDiva]

If you're 6'7, this is a simple problem. Cut the floor out.

http://gauss.atmos.colostate.edu/~rozoff/weenie/2005/flinstones_evacuate_florida.gif

[Camvill]

If you're 6'7, this is a simple problem. Cut the floor out.

http://gauss.atmos.colostate.edu/~rozoff/weenie/2005/flinstones_evacuate_florida.gif

a slim, slender, sensual, masculine, 6'7" so its not really a problem

[BigAls87Z28]

I made my first step into weight reduction....by accident.

I orded a new rad for the Caprice since the one is leaking. So Koll and I took it out and realized that what I pulled out looked ot be a copper with metal side tanks, while the one going in is aluminum with plastic side tanks...a much lighter radiator.
Id say almost 20 lbs off the front end.

[Tru2Chevy]

:w00t: Go Al!

copper-brass radiators are worth a decent chunk of change at the scrapyard too...

- Justin

[12secondv6]

Fill the tires with helium..... and fill the trunk and passenger compartment with helium balloons.

Lighter = better!

[Camvill]

actually that doesnt sound like a bad idea

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Civic'll float away then

[BigAls87Z28]

Fill the tires with helium..... and fill the trunk and passenger compartment with helium balloons.

Lighter = better!


The Helium will most likely leak out from the tires within a few weeks, and you would have to constantly be putting air in them.

[Camvill]

took out the rear seats today and let me say there was over 5 lbs of dirt in there! haha. the rear seats only weighed about 20 pounds tops so i decided to leave them in :-(