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trashman01 02-26-2008 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff (Post 423345)
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 02-26-2008 05:24 PM

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

BigAls87Z28 02-26-2008 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Featherburner (Post 423291)
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 02-27-2008 10:30 PM

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 02-28-2008 09:47 AM

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 02-28-2008 01:20 PM

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

grandkodiak 02-28-2008 01:33 PM

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 02-28-2008 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by grandkodiak (Post 424149)
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 02-29-2008 10:35 PM

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

String 02-29-2008 11:05 PM

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

Camvill 03-02-2008 12:26 AM

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

WildBillyT 03-02-2008 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Camvill (Post 424739)
i was talking to some guy and he said i should look into reducing the injector size>>>???

I'll make it quick.

No.

grandkodiak 03-02-2008 08:49 PM

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

Camvill 03-02-2008 10:46 PM

But i dont have VTEC :-(

String 03-03-2008 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Camvill (Post 424739)
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 03-03-2008 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by String (Post 425013)
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 03-03-2008 12:36 PM

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

Knipps 03-03-2008 12:43 PM

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

Slo86Bird 03-03-2008 09:22 PM

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

Camvill 03-03-2008 11:43 PM

calculated it after the intake and im getting 38mpg now

Slo86Bird 03-04-2008 05:32 PM

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

r0nin89 03-04-2008 11:03 PM

Aluminum Underdrive pully?

Knipps 03-04-2008 11:28 PM

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

79CamaroDiva 03-05-2008 12:03 AM

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

http://gauss.atmos.colostate.edu/~ro...te_florida.gif

Camvill 03-05-2008 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva (Post 425556)
If you're 6'7, this is a simple problem. Cut the floor out.

http://gauss.atmos.colostate.edu/~ro...te_florida.gif

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


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