View Single Post
Old 08-15-2011, 09:52 AM   #270 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
Basjoos Wannabe
 
ShadeTreeMech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 870

The Van - '97 Mercury Villager gs
90 day: 19.8 mpg (US)

Lyle the Kindly Viking - '99 Volvo V70
90 day: 25.82 mpg (US)
Thanks: 174
Thanked 49 Times in 32 Posts
Something that would help with the draw when dfco occurs would be a huge vacuum leak. As others pointed out, the big air pump of an engine is causing issues, but it's not so much the pumping of air as pulling a heavy duty vacuum. Should you introduce a way of having wide open throttle with the fuel shut off and not causing a downshift, you would see major improvement. Easiest way to implement this would be a valve to cause a massive intake manifold leak at command, ie a second throttle body. But a second valve body wouldn't be detected by the computer, so it wouldn't attempt to downshift and shouldn't turn on the fuel. Adding a fuel pump shut off to the secondary throttle body/vacuum leak would be a good idea too.
__________________
RIP Maxima 1997-2012


Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
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.
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to ShadeTreeMech For This Useful Post:
henshao (08-15-2011)