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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Japan has been using stop-start since the late 1990s.
Stop start has been proven to give an easy 2 to 3 mpg improvement in city driving.
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Originally Posted by Ecky
Running a starter uses a few hundred amps for a few seconds. The engine might run slightly rich for a few seconds. The break-even point is probably less than 5 seconds.
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Originally Posted by spacemanspif
No extra fuel is burned on start up when the engine is bump started. A warm engine is easy to start and even if the car reverts to closed loop on key starts, it will be there a very short time before getting back in closed loop.
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Okay, okay! You have me curious, I will also look into this technology to see if it is possible to put on my LT1.
Damn, the engine builder and custom shop are going to hate me!