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Old 09-06-2018, 09:33 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by teoman View Post
Very elegant solution indeed.

What kind of mpg gain will you get from this? I am assuming here that it will be more significant than your older car since the 2014 is more electronic and has a slightly increased power consumption.

Liters / 100km or hour (or gal/mile) units would be much appreciated.
The rough calculations I did show that disabling the alternator reduces engine load by ~8%. I expect a 5-10% gain in fuel economy which is what the ecomodder wiki page shows to be historically true for most alternator delete mods.
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