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Old 09-30-2010, 07:20 AM   #21 (permalink)
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How about "mods that consistently help most users" and "mods that give mixed results or hurt MPG"
That reads like too high a dose of political correctness.
Please KISS !

Proven / unproven may lead some to ask for the (scientific) proof - which isn't always available because not everyone tests their mods in a scientific way.
But IMHO it's not up to EM to scientifically proof every mod that is claimed to work.
Leave that to the academic world - and maybe the car manufacturers - who have the means to do it in a properly controlled environment.
If they could be bothered.


There's a lot of mods and driving behaviours that do work, even if we can't prove them or single them out in the real-world because we simply don't have enough control over the operating environment of our cars to do that - which means only the big mods can be road-proven scientifically.


However, many of these mods are effectively proven in practice by the fuel logs of those members who are using them - their increases in FE surely didn't happen out of the blue.

I can't quantify nor verify every minor mod or change in driving behaviour, but they've sure been helping my FE !

I'd stick with the terminology.

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Old 09-30-2010, 10:05 AM   #22 (permalink)
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"Consistently demonstrated" for a common effective mod
"Demonstrated" for a mod done only by a few and found effective
"Insufficient data" for hypotheticals that haven't been found effective.
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Old 09-30-2010, 12:17 PM   #23 (permalink)
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...pick most appropriate one:

[ x ] Backed by data collected via controlled A-B-A tests.
[ x ] Backed by seat-of-the-pants imperical data.
[ x ] Backed by hearsay and innuendo comments.
[ x ] Backed by rumors.
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Old 09-30-2010, 03:04 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Old 10-13-2010, 05:16 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I wonder if we can get a link to the wiki mod list main page from the +65 efficiency mod list page.
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There are also some mod pages that have been filled out very comprehensively and therefore may warrant a link from the specific mod in the +65 efficiency mod list to the wiki. Any with efficiency data from a few users would be good cantidates
I'm going to set up the page so you can edit the individual mods & add links to the wiki where appropriate. Will PM with info this evening.
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Old 10-13-2010, 05:19 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Will do.

I'm going to set up the page so you can edit the individual mods & add links to the wiki where appropriate. Will PM with info this evening.
Can I please get that access too? Both of us have been working on the wiki and it works out well that we are ~12 hours apart - one of us is on most of the time

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