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metroschultz · 04-04-2009, 05:45 PM

I put the Xfi cam in mine a year ago and have taken several trips through the mountains.
The car pulls better through the hills now than it did before the swap.
I don't try to race the big cars through, just maintaining 55 mph.
Before the cam I had to downshift all the way to third to go up a mountain at 40 mph
Now I can keep it in fifth and still go up at 55 mph.
I can pull from a stop without using any throttle. The loss of HP is offset by the lowering of the torqueband.(sp?)
I can put it into fifth at 25 mph and if I need to accelerate I just step on the gas. It won't throw you in the seat but it will pull steady.
So I say
"!!!Do IT!!!"

04-04-2009, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
metroschultz Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Norfolk, Va. USA Posts: 869 CPT SLO - '93 GEO Metro plainjane 90 day: 53.91 mpg (US) SilverHairBeauty - '01 Toyota Avalon XL 90 day: 24.06 mpg (US) Thanks: 14 Thanked 33 Times in 28 Posts	I put the Xfi cam in mine a year ago and have taken several trips through the mountains. The car pulls better through the hills now than it did before the swap. I don't try to race the big cars through, just maintaining 55 mph. Before the cam I had to downshift all the way to third to go up a mountain at 40 mph Now I can keep it in fifth and still go up at 55 mph. I can pull from a stop without using any throttle. The loss of HP is offset by the lowering of the torqueband.(sp?) I can put it into fifth at 25 mph and if I need to accelerate I just step on the gas. It won't throw you in the seat but it will pull steady. So I say "!!!Do IT!!!" __________________ When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. Albert Einstein