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Old 07-13-2011, 11:25 PM   #27 (permalink)
brianjone5
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
My sense of this alternator mod is that it might not add much because an alternator that is not "on" spins fairly freely anyway, no?
Then how could someone who deletes an alternator see up to 10% mpg gain, as reported here?
A battery in normal use would be charged to replace the investment made in starting the car in a few minutes. You wouldn't see 10% mileage gain from that.

Brian
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