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Old 04-21-2009, 06:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
Big Dave
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The Red Baron - '00 Ford F-350 XLT
90 day: 27.99 mpg (US)

Impala Phase Zero - '96 Chevrolet Impala SS
90 day: 21.03 mpg (US)
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If you are willing to go to the expense and effort of custom-ground cams, why not run with the big dogs of MPG? Get a set that make your engine an Atkinson engine? That's all the "Atkinson" engine in Priuses and Ford hybrids have done.

The trade-off:
20% more efficient
35% less torque
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