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Originally posted by IRingTwyce:
Anyone remember GMs stellar V4-6-8 from the eighties?  I'm rather skeptical about displacement on demand now, mainly due to experience with the 4-6-8 in the past. They couldn't make it work right then, and I'm willing to bet that reliability and longevity are going to be sub-par this time around.
They didn't have VVT and the complex drive by wire systems. Look at the fuel injection systems of the 80's direct port EFI� Now they have fuel injection systems that inject right into the head allowing the gas to cool the combustion chamber and better use of fuel... 80's is so long in the past.
DOD is a good idea but it isnt the best idea as you are still spinning the mass of the 8 cyl engine... So it won't be as efficient as a standard 4 cyl. But I dont know many 4 cyl that get 30 mpg when they make 300+ hp either...
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Originally posted by IRingTwyce:
I'm rather skeptical about displacement on demand now,
Technology does advance. Mercedes is using it so I doubt it's that quirky.
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well, Mercedes did have to recall all of thier "quirky" brake-by-wire systems; then there was the test of thier "quirky" adaptive cruise control that they did on a european tv show. Personally, I think DoD is a great idea. I'd love to have an Aston Martin V12 that would just shut down one whole bank during cruise 
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Originally posted by azs:
i'll just try it out for kicks, unplug two of the injectors, see how it runs, stupid computers! 
That's not something you'll want to do.....remember the contour is not a GM car, the mods that u can do in an GM engine, U can't do with a Ford.
All you'll be doing is just making your engine run like crap
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I've ran my Contour GL on 3 injectors before... (I4) Ran like [censored] [censored].
Why? Because the harness broke. It took forever to get from 0 to 45, it vibrated to all hell, and basically it wasn't even. When I got my new fuel injector wiring harness, I was happy.
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Originally posted by RialKnight:
That's not something you'll want to do.....remember the contour is not a GM car, the mods that u can do in an GM engine, U can't do with a Ford.
All you'll be doing is just making your engine run like crap
You can't do it with a GM car (or any car for that matter) if it wasn't engineered from the very start with DOD in mind. 
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