[ATaylorRacing]

I have taken 100 lbs out of my 96 Geo 3 banger but have not removed the air bags or the extra metal that is bolted to the quarter panels in the rear passenger area or rear bumpers. It is a dailey driver that my 3 year old is usually in so I did not go as wild as I could have. My car is a delivery vehicle that I use to transport rims/tires that I sell. When I do deliveries my car looses 1 mpg for every extra 100 lbs that it is carrying. It can carry 4 275x50x17 tires mounted on 10.5 inch rims and also 4 245x45x17 tires mounted on 9 inch rims. On my 1984 Plymouth Horizon that I drag race I have also gutted the rear doors of all glass and window cranking mechanisms, used Lexan on the rear doors and hatch, replaced double walled steel spare tire tub with thin gauge aluminum sheet, replaced the rear bumper with plastic rain guttering painted black (got a no rear bumper ticket before I did this)....on both cars I have kept only the drivers side wiper, but replaced the blade with one that is an extra 4 inches long. The Geo is 1630 lbs and the Horizon is 1790. The Horizon used to be about 100 lbs lighter when I dropped the exhaust, took out the heater, and had no carpeting. Future plans for both count on a 5 gallon race fuel cell.....why does my 50-57 mpg Geo need with a 10.5 gallon tank? Loosing 5.5 gallons of fuel is quite a bit of extra wt.