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Old 07-29-2013, 07:30 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by justme1969 View Post
effect is dependant on Idle run time, city/ hiway, day or night,
dont expect a miracle though. all things add up over time.
100% agree. All things add up, over time.

I don't know this for fact, or if it applies to this situation, but I have read a lot about higher performance vehicles who switch to these for increased performance (as mentioned).

I would think that similar to a lighter drive shaft or wheels, no performance is "gained" but there is less parasitic loss. YMMV, and how it works in your vehicle may not be very valuable, but I couldn't even speculate on that.

It seems as engines become more advanced, upgrading this component is less and less effective.
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