The tricks up my sleeve... Methods I may implement for better FE.

[DrivenByNothing]

Yes, the VW motor uses DI, but one of the articles (may have been the one I linked to) they mentioned what little effect DI has in petrol motors. However, the addition of boost seems augment it quite nicely.

When comparing the mileage of factory N/A vehicles with factory forced induction vehicles, one must realize that cars are manufactured to appeal to a certain demographic of people. The group that buys sporty cars puts performance above fuel economy (for the most part).

In any event, automobile manufacturers have to come to a compromise on almost every aspect of a vehicle in order to attract the greatest number of consumers. The majority of these consumers want to buy a car, drive it, have the oil and tires changed, and fill the tank. We, however, are different.

The Civic I'm looking at will be between the years of 92 and 95. The VX is a wonderful car, but I don't think I want to spend the extra time and money to find one. I like a bit of a challenge anyway.

In my opinion, the Civic motors are small. I've never owned anything with less than 2.4L and the Jeep is 4L. I like the stock motors because everyone likes to swap them out in favor of something from Japan. If I blow a motor, I can get another quickly and for very cheap.

I could be completely wrong, so it's not that I'm blind to your critiques, but rather I'm stating my reasoning. I love this site already and you guys seem to know what you're talking about. Feel free to call BS on me if you see something that doesn't make a lick of sense.

Matt