lemme know your average mileage =)
 

when i got a sri in my 03 coupe, my mileage was usually 320-340 miles before i had to fill up...but now after new ngk iridiums and a sun auto hyper voltage system, it's at 280 when i gotta fill up! wtf? supposedly all the additions were suppose to increase my mileage. i got a gas happy foot too btw.

so what's everyone else able to get on their civics before hitting the dreaded pump? i'm only using unleaded cuz of the high prices...

hyper voltage system?! "i'm only using unleaded cuz of the high prices..."....wtf ur not suppost to use leaded u mean 87? our cars dont need anything higher than 87 unless ur turboed and need the 93 octance....did u gain a lot of weight? adding some weight to the car obviously ruins your mpg and do u mean hwy mileage? Iridium spark plugs are used mostly for turboed cars also....so u can use v-power ngk's just to save some money

yes i meant regular when i said that cuz i used to get better mileage on premium (my friend is a honda service manager and he recommended premium) but it's so expensive now. i'm a home health nurse so im on the road a lot right now and this loss in mileage is getting frustrating. it doesn't matter either way, highway or city, i was just wondering where everyone is on the mileage scale.

I get 34 to 36mpg and I dont even have a converter!! Got v2 intake, iridium plugs, dc race header, pulleys, dc exhaust, and still get around 440 to 480 miles out of a full tank of 87. Dont know, you must be driving your car like it was turbocharged or something. Slow down a little, the harder you push the gas the faster the gas goes bye-bye!! Its a civic!! Even if its got a sri should only use 87.

I generally get 33-25mpg and fill up at about 340 miles. I've got a K&N typhoon sri on it and that's the only engine mod.

there's kinda already been a thread like this http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...ghlight=40+mpg

22mpg city, 42 highway. check my profile for mods. also make sure you keep up with maintenance like air filter, throttle body and iacv cleaning, lubecontrol.com products, etc.

^^ hes right. i get about 30mpg

Gearbox what is the iacv cleaning? Im confused on what you mean sorry drawing a blank:confused:

37:tup: topped off the tank like crazy this week and it went 400mi:)

its the idle air valve on the throttle body. here are pics after spraying with carb cleaner

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/tbclean.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...roglu/iac1.jpg

^wow looks brand new

i got bout 30-33mpg

Thanks again bro:) Looks like new!! Do you have to replace any gasket when removing the tb? How often do you recommend cleaning this?

Just filled up today, 309 miles / 8.817 gallons = 35 mpg

there is a gasket yes. between tb and the sensor. might as well change that. but yea just keep spraying until its clean. mine was gunked up alot. idk ive only done it once and it was pretty bad. i think i need to do it again soon cause my idle isnt as smooth as it should be. oh yea when you put it all back on, you have to do the idle learn or rpm will be way off.

probably like 37mpg

39-40...really slow driving....not letting the vtec kick in as much as possible...great grandpa driving.

I call:-bs: Not possible and you still oviously think vtec kicks in late, it comes on around 2500 rpms:giggle:

it actually comes on at 4500rpms, when the gas is floored. :)

I usually fill up just under half a tank usually and get about 250 or so out of it...farthest I've been is 330 or so. Usually get 34-38(max has been 38.7 on last tank) Just changed spark plugs to iridium plugs half way thro last tank.
Mods are just a K&N replacement filter, Magnaflow exhaust, 17s, and 2 12s.

I think I'm doing good since the lowest I've been is 29.something and that was once. Every other time its been over 32 and I'm surprised cause of the extra weight.

Unless you are empty it's pretty much impossible to tell. I've gone to empty on a full tank and went 422 miles. It's supposed to be a 10 gallon tank right? No way was I getting 42.2miles at 75mph.

I've made it to tulsa on a tank of gas (400 miles). Was just about empty when i got there though.

If I remember right it's actually an 11.5 gallon tank or something... I know I've put almost 11gallons into my car before when I was up around 350 miles and on E.

I could probably drive farther before putting gas in, but I really, really don't trust the fuel guage at all. I've actually seen the low fuel light come on once recently though, so I guess at least I know that works.

tank holds 13+ gallons, i forget the point value, either 13.4 or 13.7 i forgot.

Yea...cause I know its not 11 since I've filled up with 11 gallons and I wasn't completely on empty yet. I know its in the 13s.

ive filled up 12.9 gallons before in the civic. it definitely has more than a 10 gallon tank, but no more than 13.x gallons.

civic i usually get 26 city, 30+ highway
miata i get 24 city, 30+ highway. i need to do a lot of maintenance work on this car to get it running better.

i get about 315-350 miles on average per tank before the light comes on. Most of the driving I do is in the city and my foot isnt THAT light ever since im tuned :-p

Isnt the vtec in the car used to switch for 12 to 16 valve mode. Thought there was no high rpm vtec. I have read on this before, dont think thats how it works, but you know your shit please explain cause this subject is killing me i need proof!!!!

I get about 32 city and 34-37 highway...only engine mod is an aem sri, but i pretty much never go past about 3000 rpm... 4000 max

the vtec proof was someone with a data logger was monitoring the car while driving. now for the solenoid to actually get the signal to open and change the cam, rpm had to be 4500 and above, engine coolant warm, oil pressure good, and gas pedal floored (100% throttle). i cant find the thread but thats what happened. im not sure on the technical explanation of what actually happens with valves, but we do have economy vtec and sohc vtec so its not even real and you barely notice it anyway. its more to smoothen the power curve rather than give a huge jump in power.

That just sounds like 3 stage vtec which incorporates both the -
E and the sohc vtec. I am going to figure this out and post a thread, because from what i have learned we get little to no high rpm vtec activation, which in my opinion oviously makes a vtec-e hardley a "real" vtec. I think i hear 02blk coming, to argue the "real" aspect of my statement lol.:) I am not really sure, but i know gearbox knows his stuff, so i'll leave this topic alone till i can get some proof of high rpm vtec in our 7th gens! I think evryone needs to hear a good post about the vtec-e d17a2, and how it really works, but we need info from honda themselves, not opinions, real hard proof.
I noticed to many people talking like the vtec gives you ther car some extra kick of power, when it was made for economy, and to get 37mpg, unlike the old sohc vtec wich got 28mpg and had a decent power gain at high rpm all the way to 6600 instead of 6300, very noticable compaired to the -E.

2500??? did you put on your vtec light monitor??? there is a DIY...check it...it might help...also, its how you drive and shift. its all about the technique. considering the load of your car. surface of the road. :tongue:

High prices in America?? :lol: come and live in Belgium:

1 liter unleaded octane 98 = 1.455€
1 € = 1.26862 USD
1 us gallon = 3.7854118 liter ==>
1 us gallon in belgium = 5.50777 $ (here in belgium it's octane 95 or octane 98 unleaded)

How much do you guys pay / gallon?

Greetz from Belgium.

Ya we pay about half that but do Europeans drive as much as Americans. The public transportation is much more sofiscated and developed in Europe than America in my opinion.

that's true, but I never take the bus :rofl: most cars that drive here, have diesel engines (I donn't know how you call em) you know: vw golf tdi, mercedes 220cdi, peugeot hdi, honda civic cdti.....

the first year I drove, it costed me more than 5000$ for the gas alone :hithead: (honda crx ed9 1.6 16v)

I think that in a couple of years, the diesel engines wil gain much popularity in America too. Whit a diesel engine, you drive twice as far + it's a lot cheaper at the gasstation.

excuse my English, I normally speek dutch :o

Greetz, Civcoup

Please not this again... I've had this discussion so many times in the last year or so since gas prices went from $1.30 to $3 a gallon.

Most places in europe have public transportation that is leaps and bounds ahead of what we have here. In Orlando there is no commuter rail, the buses suck, and in general in america we are more spread out. I live 45 miles from work. There is no bus in the county I live in that could take me to work without tons of other stops and it would take me 5 hours to get here rather than 1. I've also had people tell me to ride a bicycle to save gas money... sure, I'll put my kid on the handlebars and drive him 18 miles to his school and then pedal the other 27 miles to work.

Anyway, I'm not trying to flame you, but people on both sides of the ocean need to understand the differences in our countries. America sucks at a lot of the things you guys have good in your country.

I'm damn glad I have a civic that gets 35mpg kuz I fill up my tank every 3 days. That's a lot of money.

I've got the hybrid civic so I can get over 750 on a tank, but the average is ~650 miles per tank... 52.7 MPG. Check it.

Dman!! That must be nice!!

You are right, whit a car you can drive true belgium in about 2 - 3 hours! So you're right when you say that we don't have to drive far to work. Soon there whil be no longer space for new houses in belgium ! It's just: belgium is f*cking expensive ! When we get payed for working, we only get half we earned, the other half goes to taxes and gouvernement :hithead: , but when we get sick, it doesn't cost as much as in America. We have a much better social security, but when you never get sick, you only pay.

Many country's have different bennefits, but I wouldn't mind a better gas price :tup:

Some day I whil take a trip to America (and to japan :) ), so I can see the differences.

Greetz

Yep major differences... that's why the cost of a gallon of gas can't really be compared between different countries.

You know how bad insurance is here? Every payday they take almost $200 out of my check to pay for my family... so $400 a month. And then when I have to go to the doctor I have to pay $30 to see him. Then they only pay like 60% of whatever the bill is. My son broke his arm last year and I had to pay $1200. after paying thousands all year!!