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Old 10-21-2008, 10:38 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thefirebuilds View Post
one should consider pulling the rods and pistons will unbalance the crank causing excessive wear on the other moving components. I would assume that the production versions of these are simply forcing valves open to reduce friction resistance, obviously the cylinders aren't removed when disabled in those cars.
chevy uses this lifter deactivation
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