fuel efficient on y8 tranny
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fuel efficient on y8 tranny
i'm planning to swap my y7 tranny to y8 soon, but i have a questions. since y8 tranny have better gear, will it decrease my fuel efficiency? cause i love my DX geting 33-35 mpg even with me driving it hard. thanks in advance. 
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Re: fuel efficient on y8 tranny (CIVIC96DXcp)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CIVIC96DXcp »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm planning to swap my y7 tranny to y8 soon, but i have a questions. since y8 tranny have better gear, will it decrease my fuel efficiency? cause i love my DX geting 33-35 mpg even with me driving it hard. thanks in advance. </TD></TR></TABLE>
It will decrease your mileage, but not by much. Cruising at 70mph in 5th on the freeway you'll be at 3100rpms rather than around 2500. So expect the car to be less efficient on long freeway rides.
</TD></TR></TABLE>It will decrease your mileage, but not by much. Cruising at 70mph in 5th on the freeway you'll be at 3100rpms rather than around 2500. So expect the car to be less efficient on long freeway rides.
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Re: fuel efficient on y8 tranny (chowmien)
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It will decrease your mileage, but not by much. Cruising at 70mph in 5th on the freeway you'll be at 3100rpms rather than around 2500. So expect the car to be less efficient on long freeway rides.</TD></TR></TABLE>
at 70 my car in 5th is at 3000-3100 rpm. ??????
i just bought my car like 2 months ago. could it be that it has a y8 tranny already?
It will decrease your mileage, but not by much. Cruising at 70mph in 5th on the freeway you'll be at 3100rpms rather than around 2500. So expect the car to be less efficient on long freeway rides.</TD></TR></TABLE>
at 70 my car in 5th is at 3000-3100 rpm. ??????
i just bought my car like 2 months ago. could it be that it has a y8 tranny already?
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Re: fuel efficient on y8 tranny
It's a little work but you can take the 5th gear out of your tranny and put it in the ex tranny, I plan on doing that with my hx so I can get the best of both worlds.
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Re: fuel efficient on y8 tranny (HitEm'Up)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HitEm’Up »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Shouldnt be quite that high now! My y7 at 70 was around 2800 rpm. so its possible you have a y8??</TD></TR></TABLE>
either that or my tachometer gives me a wrong reading. anyway, i shows 1000RPM at idle, and when i test it with a scanner, it shows 700.
either that or my tachometer gives me a wrong reading. anyway, i shows 1000RPM at idle, and when i test it with a scanner, it shows 700.
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Re: fuel efficient on y8 tranny (CIVIC96DXcp)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CIVIC96DXcp »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
either that or my tachometer gives me a wrong reading. anyway, i shows 1000RPM at idle, and when i test it with a scanner, it shows 700. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Stock tach's are known to be off by 300-400rpms.
either that or my tachometer gives me a wrong reading. anyway, i shows 1000RPM at idle, and when i test it with a scanner, it shows 700. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Stock tach's are known to be off by 300-400rpms.
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Re: fuel efficient on y8 tranny (chowmien)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chowmien »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Stock tach's are known to be off by 300-400rpms.</TD></TR></TABLE>
well, since mine was a DX, i bought a aftermarket tach. which i thing is even worse
Stock tach's are known to be off by 300-400rpms.</TD></TR></TABLE>
well, since mine was a DX, i bought a aftermarket tach. which i thing is even worse
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