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Old 09-29-2010, 05:06 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by saand View Post
This method would be very time consuming but for me at least it would close off this whole acetone debate.
If you think so . (I don't! Outside of a perfect lab test, you'll never close that debate. Even then, people would argue the results.)

Also, I wonder if the language we're using on the wiki should be changed - eg: from "proven" & "unproven" to "demonstrated" or "not demonstrated".

For example: it seems common sense that a zero-toe alignment will reduce rolling resistance. Yet no EcoModder members have "proven" it. "Unproven" implies to me that it may yet be shown to be ineffective. Yet I thought the only mods that are on the EM list are ones that are understood to improve fuel economy.

Maybe it's just semantics.
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