The non eco-friendly eco modder

[Lazarus]

Originally Posted by capn

my goal with a restrictor plate is not to limit my power use, rather the engines output and consumption.

I am also not trying to reduce pumping losses, this is just adding more restrictions in hopes it might trick the MAF that the engine needs less fuel. Although testing is required.

I would say Metro's right.

I tried a restrictor plate with no luck. I reduced the intake to a hole about 1" in diameter. There was an increase in FE but the car was undrivable.The top speed was 55 mph( took 65 seconds to get there at 85% throttle position, just before open loop) but the acceleration rate was unsafe. If I increase the diameter to where I could accelerate the FE advantage went away. YMMV (Your mileage may very.)

[capn]

Originally Posted by Lazarus

I would say Metro's right.

I tried a restrictor plate with no luck. I reduced the intake to a hole about 1" in diameter. There was an increase in FE but the car was undrivable.The top speed was 55 mph( took 65 seconds to get there at 85% throttle position, just before open loop) but the acceleration rate was unsafe. If I increase the diameter to where I could accelerate the FE advantage went away. YMMV (Your mileage may very.)

what kind of increase in FE did you see? I have figured that I can stay under 2500 rpms and still have decent acceleration, but thats a pretty light throttle.

[cfg83]

capn -

Welcome to EM! Wow, 3740 lbs ... how much does the front passenger seat weigh?

Does that car already feature cylinder deactivation? Since it's a V8, it might be a candidate, but it might be too difficult to implement.

What do the other (real) experts think?

CarloSW2

[Peakster]

Those ETCs are really nice cars. Cadillac Northstar, right? I would've thought the aluminum engine would be more efficient.

[capn]

Originally Posted by cfg83

capn -

Welcome to EM! Wow, 3740 lbs ... how much does the front passenger seat weigh?

Does that car already feature cylinder deactivation? Since it's a V8, it might be a candidate, but it might be too difficult to implement.

What do the other (real) experts think?

CarloSW2

well the front passenger seats are basically lazy boys. and they are ridiculously hard to remove, so I am not doing that.

no, no cylinder deactivation I honestly do not know how that works.

Originally Posted by peakster

Those ETCs are really nice cars. Cadillac Northstar, right? I would've thought the aluminum engine would be more efficient.

Oh I know.

Yes mine was one of the good years with the 4.6 northstar. But when you think about its 4.6 liter engine puts out 295 hp/tq and still manages 15-25mpg I say thats tuned pretty well, it is also tuned for performance rather than FE.


as far as FE is concerned it does have room for improvement.

[Lazarus]

Originally Posted by capn

what kind of increase in FE did you see? I have figured that I can stay under 2500 rpms and still have decent acceleration, but thats a pretty light throttle.

It was about 3%.

[DifferentPointofView]

You can definitely improve. as far as a restrictor plate, it won't really help, because you do know that at 60mph your car makes about 20hp right? Max horsepower is measured usually in the upper 4600+ range, which is something you'll probably not see.

Well anyway, welcome to Ecomodder! There's plenty of big cars and trucks around here.

[zjrog]

Hey, if I can coax 21.8 out of my 4x4 Grand Cherokee, you ought to be able to do pretty good with the Caddy. The biggest adjustment is in HOW you drive and how you think about driving...