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dcb · 07-12-2011, 08:51 AM

A better alternator wouldn't hurt, but the power demands of the poppet valves are not great to begin with, at normal RPMs anyway, and you don't have all those cam bearings and slidy bits (and sometines rocky bits) and chain/sprockets. So it might be a wash in this case, don't know. I don't expect to see a large change in valvetrain power consumption in any event.

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dcb needs more cowbell Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ÿ Posts: 5,038 pimp mobile - '81 suzuki gs 250 t 90 day: 96.29 mpg (US) schnitzel - '01 Volkswagen Golf TDI 90 day: 53.56 mpg (US) Thanks: 158 Thanked 269 Times in 212 Posts	A better alternator wouldn't hurt, but the power demands of the poppet valves are not great to begin with, at normal RPMs anyway, and you don't have all those cam bearings and slidy bits (and sometines rocky bits) and chain/sprockets. So it might be a wash in this case, don't know. I don't expect to see a large change in valvetrain power consumption in any event. __________________ WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!!! Last edited by dcb; 07-12-2011 at 08:56 AM..