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Old 05-08-2011, 12:40 PM   #99 (permalink)
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Moderate your Moderation.
 
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The oil pump is driven by the vacuum pump via the intermediate shaft, so my next goal is an electric drive for the oil pump, so I can delete both the balance shaft and oil pump drive altogether. Between the two, they can rob a significant chunk of energy.
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