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Originally Posted by basjoos
If you are concerned about fuel consumption while coasting in neutral, shut down the engine during the coast and clutch start the engine just before you come to a stop. While idling, the VX engine uses very little gas, my SuperMID shows over 200mpg (its maximum displayed mileage) while idle coasting in neutral until I get below 28 mph. Despite the tall gearing a VX/CX will coast a lot further in neutral than it will with the engine spinning in 5th.
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I don't like clutch induced starting an engine as it puts a tremendous amount of stress on the clutch, input shaft, and especially the engine itself, before the oil pump can keep back up with the pressure of immediately starting the engine. If it had a built in racing style oil accumulator, then perhaps I would consider it, but I just find it to be less practical to save $500 doing that then spending $800 on a new engine, but that's just me. To each their own.
