Four cylinder manual switch
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From: Corrales, nm
Four cylinder manual switch
Anyone know of a device that would allow constant four cylinder mode? Surely 325 hp would be sufficient for just driving around. Gas saving too. 16 zo6, 7 option. Hella car!
Melting Slicks
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I suspect that you do not use your overdrive gears either, because there's no sense in saving gas...
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Then put it in Econo mode, that's what it's for. That's not what the OP is asking for.
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If he really wants 4 cylinder mode absolutely all the time, I'll do an engine swap for him. I have a great little 1.4L turbo Chevy that I'll trade him for his LT4...
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The engine can't safely run for very long in V4 mode. There are parameters that keep it from staying in V4 too long. For example if over 6% throttle. I can't remember the max time its allowed to be in V4. Once the V4 time limit is exceeded it has to be in V8 for a certain amount of time. All these parameters are because its bad for the engine to be in V4.
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Probably same reason Camaro offers a turbo 4 cylinder...some just like the looks of the car and could care less about the HP/TQ numbers. OP could have saved a boat load of cash, just going with the Stingray...
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The engine can't safely run for very long in V4 mode. There are parameters that keep it from staying in V4 too long. For example if over 6% throttle. I can't remember the max time its allowed to be in V4. Once the V4 time limit is exceeded it has to be in V8 for a certain amount of time. All these parameters are because its bad for the engine to be in V4.
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you don't want to drive around in 4 cyl mode all the time.
