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Arlynn52 · 08-17-2009, 08:42 PM

I drove my son-in-law's Accord hybrid and liked it a lot. I had to drive from the SF Bay area to Monterey and back, so since I could track MPG in real-time, I used hypermiling techniques.

I found that at about 60, if I was very easy on the pedal, I could get it to shift into 3 cyl mode, but it dropped out on the slightest hill. Still, in that mode, according to the screen, I was able to consistantly get 40+ MPG!

So the question - somewhere, probably in the computer, there is a switch that cuts 6 cyls to 3, so if I could bring out a wire loop with a switch in parallel, I could control it!

Anybody thought about this, or know how to do it, or have done it?

08-17-2009, 08:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Arlynn52 EcolectroModder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Modding an Accord hybrid I drove my son-in-law's Accord hybrid and liked it a lot. I had to drive from the SF Bay area to Monterey and back, so since I could track MPG in real-time, I used hypermiling techniques. I found that at about 60, if I was very easy on the pedal, I could get it to shift into 3 cyl mode, but it dropped out on the slightest hill. Still, in that mode, according to the screen, I was able to consistantly get 40+ MPG! So the question - somewhere, probably in the computer, there is a switch that cuts 6 cyls to 3, so if I could bring out a wire loop with a switch in parallel, I could control it! Anybody thought about this, or know how to do it, or have done it? Last edited by Arlynn52; 08-17-2009 at 08:47 PM..