Well if we're gonna technical about the weights of the 4th 5th and 6th generations, then yes it comes down to the accessories. Cause all 5th gen hatchbacks have the same steel frame and body panels. All 6th gen coupes have the same..etc. So in the 4th gen the CRX HF took the lightweight trophy. The 5th gen Cx took it as well. As for the 6th gen frankly, I haven't cared so I haven't bothered to look it up
But you can check out carpoint:
http://carpoint.msn.com/vip/overview...=Home&pos=Find
for the weight that you need. They give you the curb weight as opposed to the gross weight. The gross weight is the weight of the car with it's maximum human occupancy, liquid occupancy and cargo occupancy. Basically, that's as heavy as it can safely get.
Now, if you have the stock HX rims, I can garauntee you they are not made of a carbon-based alloy. Honda never made it an option for the lowly civic. It is an alloy, but it's mostly aluminum. They were made by Enkei.
As far as the block of the HX and the EX, as far as I know, yes they are mostly the same. But they're 1.6 liter D16's. So given that they're the same block series, yes the headers are interchangable. Problem is the HX has the catalytic converter located on the header itself while the EX has the cat located further down the line past the oil pan. So putting an EX header on an HX block creates two problems, One: you remove the cat and in the process confuse your secondary 02 sensor an that'll throw a check engine light and force your engine into "limp home" mode. Two: The EX downpipe won't bolt up to your HX cat-back exhuast. So you'd need to get a full EX catalytic converter and cat-back exhuast as well and relocate the 2nd 02 sensor and THEN the Ex header will fit. You will however screw up your HX emmisions by doing that.
Finally, don't take anything I say personally. Everyone seems to do that with me. I don't know everything either, I've just been wandering these boards for 2 years now, so I've picked up a few things.
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Originally posted by Ebranste
It's faster when I drive it hard(they have automatics), and only makes 10 less horsepower, not to mention it drives and corners like a beast. Also, I never heard one of them say they got 350 miles on half a tank before either
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The CVT is a beautiful thing.