all about the weight............

1.4 gallons of gas = 10 lbs, lighter alternator and front engine mounts, 8
lbs, etc........it adds up after awhile.

They even added a little piece of plastic to the rear bumper to correct the
parachute effect.

Little touches make the car faster AND more fuel effecient.

D16Z6 runs 13.09 on the bottle an slicks, gets 44 MPG on the highway.

Just a old school V8 tuner trapped in a 4 cylinder Honda!

"SoCalMike" > wrote in message
news:eU6td.200469$HA.43919@attbi_s01...
> wrote:
> > I am getting close to 50MPG on my commuter '93 Civic VX (no hybrid
> > for me. I can get about 420 miles/tank before I chicken out and
> > fill up the 10 gallon tank (I can usually get about 8.5 gallons
> > in there).
> >
> > I want to extend the range of my civic by putting in a bigger gas
> > tank from the same generation civic DX, EX, or SI which holds
> > 12 gallons. Has anyone done this before? I'll extend my range
> > another 100 miles/tank which is great for me since I can go for
> > a week without filling up.
>
> why would they go to the trouble of making a seperate smaller size tank?
> weight reduction?