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Originally Posted by JRMichler
With less aero drag and weight reduction, you won't need as much power. Have you considered getting a custom cam ground to make it into a full time Atkinson cycle engine?
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I did not even know about the technology until just now, I think I will look into it!
The only issue I see is the fueling. Wouldn't the engine still think it is a 1.8 liter engine versus say a 1.0 liter so it would inject too much fuel? I have some control over fuel injection and timing in the Passat using a program called Lemmiwinks. I think it would run incredibly rich without messing with the ECU. I'm not sure how much I would be able to decrease the amount of fuel injected during operation. Although it might work as I was able to entirely disable fuel injection during the warm up cycle effectively making my car inoperable until it was reset with Lemmiwinks. Wouldn't even start.
Or perhaps it doesn't need to be fixed as the car would see it is too rich using the O2 sensor and it would bring the fuel injection amount down? Hmmn...
I love the idea though and it seems like something I might have to add to the project.