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

To: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving
From: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:00:46 -0400
That's the great thing about bar stools.

Elton E. (Tony) Clark wrote:
> *Okay, open your minds . . . the guy on the next bar stool opines that on
> his straight six '95 Jeep Cherokee work car,  he is considering removing the
> rocker arms and pushrods on every other cylinder in the firing order and
> running it on three cylinders to save gas..  The closed cylinders would
> resist rotation on compression but rebound on downstroke with little loss
> except friction.  *
> **
> *I'm  thinking this would probably work for some saving but at a steady
> state throttle opening, won't it just require about the same fuel to achieve
> equilibrium with the wind resistance and rolling resistance?  Also, won't
> it freak the ECU when 3 cylinders aren't working?*
> **
> *What do YOU think?*
> **
> *Tony*
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