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Old 03-10-2012, 11:59 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Good to hear. Looking forward to hearing results. It should be interesting to see what the reduction in load does for being able to keep you in lean burn longer/easier.
It definitely does help. The limited access road I take to work has significant hills. Without the EPES (Externally Powered Electrical System) some of those would always get the car out of lean burn due to the increase in gas pedal depth needed to make the grade. Now with the very slight increase in available engine power at any given throttle setting I can nearly always make it up the hill without losing lean burn.
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