Hi All and Hi Ron specially
Here is a long due post. Thx to Ron for being so patient
with me. I want to give you a feedback on my early miles
or kilometers should I say with the groove here in GVA
Switzerland. Go to the end of this post if you want to skip
the full version
It began on bumpy road as life does all the time.
The customs hold Ron package in november 2018
for billing reason they said...
Ok sure lets move on.
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Then I installed the groove with a very good mechanic,
a relative, he is very good, he is doing competition he is
very skilled, but he is more a self-learning kind of guys
and he doesn't like reading (IMO).
I had translated Ron entire instruction in french for him
but to my surprised I realised that he skipped some key
points. The PCV valve was still connected to the airbox
of the Honda
I send that lovely image to Ron.
Newbie are lovely
when they panic, arent they ?
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Side note for myself I'm to confident with my relatives and friends
wich in business is not cautious or serious.
So what happen... I went to talk to the best friend
of my mechanics, they are partners in crime since
decade They have been through races and tones
of experiences. He knows the guy. So he told me :
"You know, Jo (my mechanic)
is kind of stubborn,
he wont acknowledge mistakes or shortcut like that,
he is good but he is so. I had a kind of similar story,
where we recreated from scratch an entire BMW engine
from an E30 (I dont recall if it was a 4 or 6 cylinder sorry)
.
I was crazy because we had done everything
by the book step by step with the swiss engineers,
their metrics were goods, my calculation was too.
I had to find the same stuff. But in the garage we had
sth else. I was between Jo and the engineer becoming
crazier... And finally Jo found out that some air bubble
were trapped in the engine, screwing the entire measurements.
when they were released we found what we had to find...
So we capped the airbox, I still want to seal it with epoxy (your
advice are more than welcome) And we re-routed the PCV.
I didnt dare to plug the tube with JB for a simple experience
that happened to me a decade ago with my old suzuki DR 650
monocylinder 1998
The mechanic plugged it and during the summer. Starting
generously full throttle from the stop the oil pressure blew
up the seal of the the "exit gearbox" So im kind of anxious
with the idea of creating more oil pressure since then. This
engine is quite small and the oil is easily under more pressure
it was extreme condition and only happen once but still...
So here is the HONDA now
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So after such a long boring story is there any result to provide yes
Usually the HONDA is achieving 479-480km or 300 miles (best case
scenario) in mix conditions, mostly city with very bad driving conditions
not LA style but almost let say shitty like Paris. To give you an idea of the
density Geneva is big as a village for you guys in the US its 200k ppl leaving
in the actual city 500k max in Gva county but the funny part is, due to the
money attraction GVA has daily traffic of 1mio vehicles entering and exiting
the county. My point is, its difficult to be an heavy footer in those conditions,
so its difficult to benefit fully from the groove.
Results In Kilometers and Liters (metric system)
Normal
300miles for 20 galons 15mpg
Grooved
Best Run 556km 45.7L (19.18mpg)
Worse Run 526 km 46L (17.86mpg)
2 runs for now only but more to come.
I rebooted the ECU, disconnecting the battery
the whole nigh leaving the key turn on.
Sorry Ron I spammed you, with my newbie issue thx again for being patient.
Thx also for your present in Christmas. That meant sth to me
Be Well
C