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Old 06-04-2012, 04:02 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by t vago View Post
Hm... I might try this on my wife's car. She's been wanting it to get better in-town gas mileage (it currently gets 19 MPG). If I can get about a 25% improvement, that'd truly be awesome.
What car and what type of valvetrain? I think you want to keep the oiling system as it was with all the valves. The spacers I used cover the now-unused oil holes in the rocker shafts for the deleted rocker arms. Leaving those holes open could potentially affect oil pressure in the head.
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