You'll save more weight by:
1. Using smaller wheels (I think someone on here uses 14 or 15in wheels and improved their 1/4 miles by 1 second or two)
2. Losing weight yourself (again, someone on here did that, very impressive gain if you are above average weight, you'll be healthier too)
3...
Depending on where you are, you may also have recycling centre ran by the city to collects all sort of things, recycling, garbage, metal, construction waste, donation, fluorescent light bulbs, and Household Hazardous Waste which includes engine oil
I don't think tuning is worth it if you just want to get rid of the shaking during idling.
What I find useful is to throw the gear into neutral when idling. It raises the rpm to 700rpm. You just need to throw it back to drive when the light goes green. Give a tiny manual vibe.
Another solution...
Hey Thusee, thanks for sharing your experience! I was just about to make my own drain bolt from OEM drain bolt. Are you saying the oem bolt essentially failed due to the hole drilled into it? What happened?
How is your experience with the STM bolt? My only concern with it is that it seems...
If I turn the volume to max on my laptop I do hear a lot of noise. Maybe something is stuck in the air duct? The Civic's fan is very quiet and powerful comparing to my previous car, VW Tiguan.
Awesome build and guide bud!
I'm thinking of upgrading my speakers too and am looking at Hertz. Which ones did you use for your front doors? I don't see that you sound deaden or change speaker on the rear door, are those also in your plan? Will the rear door sound deadening or speaker change...
Thanks for the response bud. I should add that that part was covered in oil last year, which I suspect was the residue oil so I cleaned it off. And it came back again this year so maybe it's shot.
Hey all,
Car is 2017 touring (1.5L turbo) with 40k km. Replaced valve cover gasket at 28k under warranty due to minor leaking.
I was changing oil today and found this part to be covered in oil. Not sure what kind but it's thinnish and yellow. Anyone has any idea what this part is, what the oil...
I'm not saying I'm replacing the Civic with an electric to save cost on gas. Current car only has 37k km. I'm not planning on replacing it for at least another 5-7 years. I'm pretty sure by then electric cars will be mainstream and will be much improved. Who knows what gas price and hydro cost...
At least the Civic is efficient and I don't drive a lot, so putting 91 from Costco doesn't hurt my wallet yet.
My next car will be electric, or at least PHEV.
Good to hear. At least nothing has gone wrong with bad combination of engine, tune, and fuel setup. As I said I don't know much about tuning so I won't be any more helpful. Good luck diagnosing!
Gotta get a couple things straight here:
What exactly is the model of your car?
What engine does your car have?
What transmission does your car have?
Which tune did you get? If OTS, can you link it?
Judging by your picture, your vehicle description, and your past post, I'm worried something...
So the trick is to put an object behind the gas pedal so you don't go past 90% throttle. This will eliminate the fake shifting that drops the boost when the RPM dips. Thanks. Will try.
Doesn't help when a dumba$$ swipe right in front of you to get to the off/on ramp over the gravel covered median. Had this happened multiple times to me.