Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
My generation of the Honda Civic with a 3-barrel carb and a cat but no air pump ran from 84-87 and I think the next generation of Civic's starting in 88 was FI. Ancient history yes, but its a car I still drive
The only downside on my 84 Civic is that carburetor with all those vacuum lines and valves. When everything is hooked up and working it works well and my fuel mileage ranges from 37-41 on regular gas and it runs very smooth and never needs adjusting.
The secret is to set everything to factory spec's. Don't "fix" or "improve" anything and no golf tees (lol).
It is nearly impossible to keep one of those mid-late 1980s carbs running at factory spec for very long. I'd say that some of them didn't even run correctly when they were brand new. The Weber carb conversion kit was the best thing ever for my old Mitsubishi Mighty Max. Two screws to adjust idle and mixture, one wire for the choke, and one cable for the throttle. No more pile of spaghetti vacuum lines.
My generation of the Honda Civic with a 3-barrel carb and a cat but no air pump ran from 84-87 and I think the next generation of Civic's starting in 88 was FI. Ancient history yes, but its a car I still drive
The only downside on my 84 Civic is that carburetor with all those vacuum lines and valves. When everything is hooked up and working it works well and my fuel mileage ranges from 37-41 on regular gas and it runs very smooth and never needs adjusting.
The secret is to set everything to factory spec's. Don't "fix" or "improve" anything and no golf tees (lol).
It is nearly impossible to keep one of those mid-late 1980s carbs running at factory spec for very long. I'd say that some of them didn't even run correctly when they were brand new. The Weber carb conversion kit was the best thing ever for my old Mitsubishi Mighty Max. Two screws to adjust idle and mixture, one wire for the choke, and one cable for the throttle. No more pile of spaghetti vacuum lines.