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Old 01-02-2014, 06:13 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
There's no way the load will drop to 35% going from 3000 to 3800. Unless that "load" isn't actually the correct load. Higher load is better. 100% load with engine running rich is often no less efficient than highway cruise at low load. If you don't need to downshift, don't unless the rpm is like 1000 and the engine is struggling.
Exactly the answer I was looking for, thanks. And maybe it's not 35%, I don't have the smarts to install a mpguino (at least i don't think I do) and my car is 1 year off from being able to use scangauge. It's the reason I bought my cold air intake, so I could hear the engine more and kinda try and guess where my engine load is at.
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