Variable Displacement
Racer
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 330
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From: San Diego CA
Re: Variable Displacement (Jinx)
I'm with LymanSS -- if I can get better fuel economy and it doesn't hurt performance, why wouldn't I want it? Sound at idle and cruise? I want my car to be quiet at idle and cruise anyway. I want my extra money for fuel to be spent having fun, not puttering around.
Besides, it's sweet when non-car people give me crap about driving a gas-guzzler only to discover I get better mileage than they do with their minivan.
.Jinx
Besides, it's sweet when non-car people give me crap about driving a gas-guzzler only to discover I get better mileage than they do with their minivan.
.Jinx
problems after 1 or 2 years of use. To convince me that the technology is
sound in the long run I would like a warranty on it for more than the 3 yrs/36K miles.
Tech Contributor
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 472
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Re: Variable Displacement (peccles)
Sound matters to me. Every time that I see a Viper drive by and I don't hear anything but rustling leaves, I shake my head in disgust.
But I guess everyone has their preferences, I'm a city guy and hardly ever get onto the freeway so I prefer to have a nice rumble. Might be a different story if I drove the freeway a lot.
By the way, I get 10MPG on the '58 (283ci). My driving habits probably have a little bit to do with that though. :blueangel: :chevy She gets WOT every chance I get... because I love the sound... and whiplash.
But I guess everyone has their preferences, I'm a city guy and hardly ever get onto the freeway so I prefer to have a nice rumble. Might be a different story if I drove the freeway a lot.
By the way, I get 10MPG on the '58 (283ci). My driving habits probably have a little bit to do with that though. :blueangel: :chevy She gets WOT every chance I get... because I love the sound... and whiplash.
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,260
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From: Chapel Hill NC
Re: Variable Displacement (Pipes)
The trucks and suvs need it. That's a good place to work out the kinks.
When it comes on a Vette, it will be PoD for Power On Demand :lol:
Just kidding. Neither of the two engines being currently considered for the Vette have DoD. :cool:
When it comes on a Vette, it will be PoD for Power On Demand :lol:
Just kidding. Neither of the two engines being currently considered for the Vette have DoD. :cool:
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2003
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Re: Variable Displacement (Pipes)
I also read something about GM trucks getting DOD first. This could mean that the 2004 trucks due in the fall could get them, then the C6 next summer. Or, maybe we really are a few more years away from DOD. Either way, I think it is inevitable, and I welcome MORE POWER.
I look back to days of yore when working on engines was simple and more driveway friendly (now only this way in hot rods and pre-70's). However, DOD is just another step in development, just like that 405Hp LS6 compared to a '67 427. Try running that LS6 without an ECM - technology. The 427 didn't need no stinkin' ECM, but the Z06 is faster. Seriously, thanks to Hypertech and others, most of us have found the ECM as a power resourse, not a handicap.
At some point in the future, there will be a place on this forum where we share our successes in wringing out DOD for hidden HP.
I look back to days of yore when working on engines was simple and more driveway friendly (now only this way in hot rods and pre-70's). However, DOD is just another step in development, just like that 405Hp LS6 compared to a '67 427. Try running that LS6 without an ECM - technology. The 427 didn't need no stinkin' ECM, but the Z06 is faster. Seriously, thanks to Hypertech and others, most of us have found the ECM as a power resourse, not a handicap.
At some point in the future, there will be a place on this forum where we share our successes in wringing out DOD for hidden HP.
