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Old 03-23-2012, 09:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
bandit86
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It's happening right now! (fuel injector disconnection experiment)

95 land rover discovery, 5% taller tire. 3.9Lv8 My last tank averaged 17.3L or 13mpg mixed. Went home and disconnected 4 fuel injectors and both oxygen sensors. Going for test drive. Gutless at low rpm. Sounds like a Pontiac sunfire with a fart cannon. On the highway it is not bad as long as over 2000 rpm, Then have torque and feels almost normal. I don't think the catalytic converters will like the extra air but my fuel bill for last month was 400 dollars.

30 miles so far, seems better the faster I go, over 65 and 2200rpm I can release throttle some. Will take highway with less hills home, should be 110 miles round trip

For those interested my mpg improved from 12.5 to 17after using diesel as octane booster


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