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Old 04-19-2012, 04:54 AM   #18 (permalink)
chrisoverson
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interesting...

There must be a fair amount to pulsing and gliding perfectly. I found on a site somewhere (wikipedia maybe) that pulse and glide can return upto triple the standard highway MPG when done right according to computer simulations.

I assume to do this you'd need a car with very low drag and low rolling resistance, and switch everything off when the car is in glide mode.

So if I start simple with an injector kill switch for glides, should I always shift to neutral and have to bump start the engine every time? I suspect that on a long journey that wouldn't do the clutch/gearbox etc much good if you have to do it hundreds of times.
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