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Old 07-14-2008, 03:34 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Duffman View Post
The vacuum that is at the throttle means diddly, its the vacuum at the top of the piston that is creating drag.
This is making me think that disabling 1/2 of the intake valves would be a stupid idea. It would make the vacuum on the piston much higher and more efficiency would be lost than gained. What we need is a very good breathing engine with an extremely short duration camshaft....like 200/200 degrees seat duration or less, as opposed to the 280/290 or so as is. Peak torque @ <2500. That would rule. Would my engine management system know the difference? Or would the CEL come on, throwing this whole thing into an open loop nightmare?

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