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#1
08-10-2004, 05:40 PM
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Disabling Cylinders
I have a N/T '93 Talon and I'm wondering if there's an easy way to disable cylinders so I can save gas. 90% of the time, I just drive around town, and I never need 1/2 the power my engine puts out. Thanks.
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08-10-2004, 05:47 PM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
lol no! do not do that... you'll end up ruining something. what you get for gas mileage now isnt that bad unless something is wrong with your car... it should be around 20-25mpg!
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08-10-2004, 05:49 PM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
If you use 25% of 4 cylinders or were to disable one (wtf?) and use 33% of 3 cylinders, you would use the same amount of fuel. There is no way to save gas except not to use throttle.
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08-10-2004, 05:52 PM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
Haha I think he is thinking he can make his car like the new ones like the chrysler sixteen that uses cylinders on demand or whatever.
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08-10-2004, 05:59 PM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
lmao, raz i love the pic in your sig. plus its one of the best parts of that movie. lololol
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08-10-2004, 11:21 PM
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Haha, alright, thanks guys, makes sense. I'm already averaging around 21 MPG in all of my town driving. I guess I really can't complain =) I just thought it'd be interesting if you really could just somehow disable cylinders (without breaking anything). If I still shifted at around 3k I could still save gas. (eh, well, I have an stupid automatic, but it's easy to shift when you want by controlling the throttle).
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08-10-2004, 11:26 PM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
How could you possibly never need 1/2 the power your n/t makes?!
 j/p 
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08-10-2004, 11:35 PM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
i agree....my 98 nt sucks for power...i dont think i would make it with any less
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08-10-2004, 11:48 PM
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They're not bad at all.
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08-11-2004, 12:34 AM
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Re: Disabling Cylinders
they arent terrible but makes a great daily driver for me
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08-11-2004, 12:46 AM
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You could do all the performance mods that help gas mileage and dont do the ones that hurt it. Like light weight every thing, I think free flowing exaust, improved grounding system. you know stuff to make your engine run more efficent.
If you "disable" the cylinders, the fuel injectors are still going to pump fuel into them.
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