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Old May 12, 2011 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by heavyft
As heavy as the car is I think just 4 cylinders would use as much gas or more than V8 mode.
yep.. I gained 2 mpg when I disabled my DOD 5.5 years ago... heh...

my driving is 50/50 town/highway.. and it doesn't help me at all...

but if you do a LOT of highway driving, then it would be beneficial...
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Old May 12, 2011 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rvd9431
seriously no wonder these trans' get a bad rap people do that **** to them on a daily basis just drive your car minus the lead foot, if its that big of a problem buy a beater
amen!
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Old May 12, 2011 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 06MonteSS
yep.. that's the COT you're talking about... the Catalytic Over Temp protection... it dumps in extra fuel to cool the Cat down when it gets hot....

BUT - that only gets disabled if someone totally removes their Cat... if you still have a Cat on the car, even a high-flow one, that needs to stay on/active, otherwise you could burn it up...
I have my cat removed!!!
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Old May 12, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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I have 2 cats! (in my house)
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Old May 13, 2011 | 11:05 AM
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I have 2 cats! (in my house)
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