[Diy_efi] RE: Dropping Subaru injectors for economy

[Lee M. Lemoine]

Yeah,  My mclaren motor suffered the difficulties of having the timing
advance to ZERO as the fuel leaned oaut at 6000 rpm at 15 psi.  know what
you mean ;)

--LL

On 1/30/06, John Smith <dirtrider218 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ideally you would have some sort of vavletrain control to minmize pumping
> losses on the inactive cylinders. Since nothing short of electronic valve
> actuation does, those dead cylinders will be like driving an air
> compressor.
> I think the resulting economy gain would not be worth the trouble. If your
> Legacy is turbocharged, this could actually be a dangerous thing to do if
> you lean out a cylinder under boost. If you did do it, you would also need
> to simulate the unused injectors or you will get a check engine light.
>
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:01:31 -0500
> >From: "Lee M. Lemoine" <llemoine at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] 10hp injected turbo
> >To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
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> >
> >I just bought a 2006 Subaru Legacy GT Limited... 2.5 liter DOHC with VVT,
> >turbocharged and intercooled.  I get about 17 mpg with a 5 speed auto
> >transmission, and a fair amount of jackrabbit starts (hey, i haven't
> found
> >anything that pulls on me yet!)...
> >
> >Either way, i would love to drop a cylinder and see twice or three times
> >the
> >economy...  maybe i can toggle a switch just not to fire the injectors or
> >ignitors for one of the cylinders ;)
> >
>
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Sincerely,

Lee M. Lemoine
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