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Old 09-17-2010, 02:02 PM   #35 (permalink)
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have you tried disabling cylinders 1 and 4 or 2 and 3? You'll be suprised at how the ECU will adapt to the new idle requirements. Most good ECUs will raise the idle requirements to compensate for the lack of power.

Earlier, you mentioned you disabled cyl 1 and 2. So your power order was no power, power, power, no power, no power, power, power, etc.

If you'd disabled cyl 1 and 4 or 2 and 3 it would have been power, no power, power, no power, power, no power, etc. Something tells me an intelligent chap as you will see the advantage of the second pattern adverse to the first.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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