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Originally Posted by diesel_john
Interesting point nemesis, what kind of mileages are we talking here? My specs. 18 yr. old technology, paid 10k 10 yrs ago, drove 48,000 miles, still worth $6,500. mileage 30mpg freeway trips, 24mpg daily driving. 1/4 mile 14 sec@100mph. Insurance 220/yr. Are turds aero efficient, BTW?
i don't blame you for being critical of the vett, but since it's an American icon it's hard to deicon it. is that a word?
i would like to see much smaller 3 & 4cyl. engines, (under a liter), but don't know about durability. What is your displacement?
Some confusion, we were taking out pistons on the VW, but just computer programing on the vett.
The cyl. deact. is computerized now.
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I am sure you can take a geo 3cyl motor and turbocharge it and it'll still get the same mileage as n/a geo gets, but the power at 15psi will basically double. Don't get me wrong, I like to see car manufacturers come up with good ideas, I like fords 3.5L turbo motors, but gm/mopar deactivation is not very good in my opinion, because there are still frictional loses inside the motor, weight of a whole motor, and 10% gain in economy with 50% loss of power just doesn't sound good to me. You want economy, put a $2 block of wood under the pedal, bam 30% gain in economy, haha
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I don't know about you, but I've thinking about how to improve the ice efficiency ( 20% is just not very efficient) and kinetic energy recovery systems that could gain 20%+ in the economy.