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California98Civic · 05-23-2017, 11:56 AM

I know you said you could but do not want to cut the hood, but I want to suggest you consider it in another light. Reducing the angle change between hood and windshield can be a drag reduction technique. You see it on all the fuel economy cars now, even the Civics. The Fit is a good example. But there might be small room for improvement on a 2002 Insight (some though).

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	I know you said you could but do not want to cut the hood, but I want to suggest you consider it in another light. Reducing the angle change between hood and windshield can be a drag reduction technique. You see it on all the fuel economy cars now, even the Civics. The Fit is a good example. But there might be small room for improvement on a 2002 Insight (some though). __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.