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Old December 20th 04, 09:24 PM
Mike Romain
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From this site:
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html

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The system deactivates the valve lifters. This keeps the valves in four
cylinders closed, and there is no combustion. In addition to stopping
combustion, energy is not lost by pumping air through these cylinders.
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Sounds sweet, eh. LOL!

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> I don't see how they could do it that way. They would sound like a
> collapsed lifters, throwing push rods. The old Cadillac simply shut the
> fuel off the "extra" cylinders. (I think?) A truck Jake lefts the
> exhaust valves, causing one heck of a drag, have to push the piston up
> and snap them back down, something that would blow the heck out of fuel
> efficiency. Any key words or sites you may think of to research this?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Not the same engine Bill. The one they stick in the Jeep tries to run
> > on 4 cylinders by shutting down the valve lifters with oil cut off
> > solenoids. They starve them for oil so they collapse and the engine
> > staggers along on 4 cylinders.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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