Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 05:32 PM
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every time i push the clutch in at night (don't know if it does it during the day becauase of headlights)my headlights dim. Once i start building rpms they get immediately brighter. could it be because of my flywheel? i am running a spoon flywheel or do i have a bad ground?
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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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alternator voltage is alot lower at idle this is typical to an extent, a flywheel has got nothing to do with it.
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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 05:38 PM
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huh i just figured maybe i had left off a ground when i did my swap or something
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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 05:38 PM
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also with your brakes applied, idle always goes down due to vaccum
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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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yeah that makes sense. its just annoying as hell but owell
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