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Old 06-19-2010, 06:40 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I should have clarified. I mainly use pulse and glide technique. It involves accelerating up to speed and killing the engine to coast in neutral, then bump starting with the clutch and accelerating again. It is a fairly advanced technique, but accelerating at higher loads still runs the engine at the highest efficiency points. I use this acceleration method if I am using P&G or not.

If you are planning on getting two meters, I'd get one of each. The SG is very easy to swap between vehicles, and the mpguino can be as well (you just have to wire both cars with a connector so it plugs in).
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