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Old 11-15-2008, 02:51 AM   #11 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Springs aren't the way to go and neither is compressed air. You need gunpowder!!
IIRC Kia's Eco-Cee'd has a start/stop system which squirts a drop of fuel into a cylinder of the stopped engine and ignites it, causing the engine to turn. This is supposed to start the engine faster than a normal starter.

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