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before i start, heres a simple list of whats on my civic 04 automatic ex that could probably affect my fuel cosumption?
aem short ram intake
catback exhaust
test pipe (catless)
*CEL is light on due to catless* (aka malfunction indicator lamp)
5w-30 motor oil (fully syn mobil 1)
factory wheels (alloys) tires are inflated properly
1 12" sub and amp in trunk (50lbs together?)
i often fill up with 76's regular 87 pump gas and probably 89 once a week. but now that in california, its gotten pretty heated (80-85 degrees), i have been getting very low gas mileage (my fathers suv litterally gets more mpg than my civic ) could it be that the intake piping is so heated to the point where i cannot hold my hand on it for 10 seconds?
my driving habits are usually spirited (never race, i only go up to 5.5k rpm at most to merge on the highway).
my best educated guess would be that i have been going on the highway often more than the last few weeks. i cruise @ approxmiately 65-70 mph with light traffic. any of you could help me out and explain to me any possiblities why im getting such low MPG all of sudden, please enlighten me
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well you need to measure gas mileage after driving through most of the gas on the highway at a constant speed. Like drive 65mph for a few hours. Then measure it. I get very low mileage in the city, once as low as 15mpg, but highway highest was 38mpg, but usually 30-34.
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) could it be that the intake piping is so heated to the point where i cannot hold my hand on it for 10 seconds?
