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Re: [Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving

To: Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:15:20 -0400
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:
>> Anybody remember the "Cadillac" 8-6-4 from a few years back,
>> seemed to work O/K.  "
>
> Yeah, but what I remember is that they almost got sued over them being
> "unsafe".  Had a tendency to turn off all cylinders while rolling down the
> road; or drop into 4 cylinder mode just after you'd pulled out to pass.
>
> And the reduction in fuel consumption was pretty trivial as I recall, only
> about 10% or so.

Dodge is now selling something along those lines in some of its big V8 beasts.
They're better at it then GM was, but the economy gains aren't very big.
-- 
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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