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Date:         Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:01:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: gas saving strategies without touching a wrench
Comments: To: Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <20050906224245.59641.qmail@web81703.mail.yahoo.com>
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Not to be completely anal (i really don't care), but your statement is only true technically, not by intent. If RPMs are above a certain point, and the idle switch is actuated, the fuel is completely cut. The injectors do not squirt.

More for general information than correctiveness...

-Damon

--- Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET> > Our stock injection set-up has an "idle > switch" that tells the ECU that the throttle is > closed, and will not inject more than "idling" > quantities of fuel - regardless of RPM.

'84 Westy "The Van" w/2.3L WBX Vancouver, BC

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