Deep Thopught On Fuel Economy????

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May 7, 2004 | 04:43 PM

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SoCal4Running

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The problem with the old 4-6-8 was that the driver could feel and hear power changes in the motor as the cyclinders became active or deactive which is unacceptable. The new system will have the same exhaust sound level when running on 4 cylinders as it will when running on 8. Also the throttle pedal position will not change when the motor goes from 4 to 8 or 8 to 4, something the 4-6-8 could not do.

May 8, 2004 | 05:21 AM

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TDiddy

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Rob's point is spot on, and one I probably should have made from the get go. Its really apples and oranges when talking about doing it yourself vs the new stuff on the market!

May 11, 2004 | 08:15 AM

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4RUNR

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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=815018

May 11, 2004 | 08:56 AM

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midiwall

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Nice find!

It's nice to see that he's getting the same responses from multiple sources.

(Gawd I hate pics in sigs)

May 11, 2004 | 11:17 AM

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Bennito

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MTL_4runner

Both units are very good and we have bantered about which is better but the bottom line is personal preference and if you prefer to use a laptop or a PDA (or maybe both). The laptop unit is cheaper ($90 I think) but for me the portability and convienence was key so the auterra is my choice.

So which do you recommend for those of us preferring to use our handheld (err, PDA) when it has the Windows Pocket PC OS (or whatever the windows PDA OS is called)?