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Old 05-03-2009, 06:59 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by Jondalar
You got your math wrong, on 4cyl it's 3.0kW / cyl not 2.0...

Even if they are opening both valves on the deactivated cylinders there is still the friction of pushing the piston up and down, which is why these systems rarely produce anything more than a marketing benefit.
Oh yeah so I did, for some reason I had 6cyl in my head. Never the less, it still shows the point that each cyl has to make more power.
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