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Originally Posted by Panther140
The parasitic losses while in V4 mode are less than the parasitic losses of the vehicle in V8 mode. The inertia of the pistons at a given speed does not change when you fire those cylinders. However, the side loading on them increases.
The pumping losses are increased in all 8 cylinders when the vehicle switches to V8 mode.
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What's wrong? Press the gas harder when it goes into V8 mode, then it'll be more efficient.
The point of a hybrid system or supercharger/turbocharger is to add power efficiently, but here you already have a lot of reserve power so that's not what you want.