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Old 03-26-2010, 03:28 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Someone did try a wheel/tire swap on a civic, and mileage went down.

The gears aren't easily exchanged. You'd have to swap the whole transmission. All the 92-95 generation (vx, cx = same good gear ratios) and 96+ generation (hx not as good as vx) transmissions are a direct fit, though.
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