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Old 02-23-2008, 08:46 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Quick question

how many hours are you willing to spend to avoid buying a cheap(?) used smaller engine and replacing it with your larger engine (it doesn't sound like anyone has proposed a 1.0l 2-cylinder ecotec). Last I heard, swapping GM-to-GM engines was pretty easy (maybe not not-really-GMs like the metro, but bear with me), and would be a better place to start (many examples on this thread mentioned GM products).

From the sound of it, chevys use of extremely tall gears with big V8s seem to work a lot better than cylinder deactivation. Maybe trying to use a "nerd gear" (term from a request for special green models on this site) combined with a low rpm cam.
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