03-04-2013, 11:51 AM | #85 | |
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Hopefully it's something less "radical" in Camaros than going "track-mode"... |
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03-04-2013, 12:03 PM | #86 | |
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And it makes perfect sense to me....why wouldn't you want better fuel economy when you're just tooling around, or cruising down a highway. Principle? Silly argument, imo....sound? 100% fair - but it appears as though this has been thought of on the Corvette, too. If you're not just rolling to the grocery store - chances are you'd be in sport mode, to have some fun...at which point AFM is gone, or greatly reduced, whatever the case may be... "The future is now", as they say....drivers who just want to get away from fuel-saving tech either need a time machine, or a lot of letters to elected individuals. |
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03-04-2013, 01:01 PM | #88 |
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Well there should be a 3 mode switch to be honest for AFM, or 2 mode and the 3rd engages with cruise control. There is almost no reason to have 8 cylinders pumping on cruise control. Mode 1-Sport(AFM off) Mode 2-Standard(AFM works as advertised under specified parameters) and Mode 3 "economy" or "cruise"(uses 4 cylinders for city driving or cruise control) Like was previously stated, if I can get 30+ MPG on the highway in a V8 Camaro why wouldn't I?
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03-04-2013, 05:19 PM | #90 | |
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Waiting several minutes would undermine the very principle of saving fuel. |
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03-04-2013, 08:20 PM | #91 |
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Ignorance mode here....AFM is a shortcut to reach fuel economy standards, leaving WOT or better than part throttle to make the power we want. This technology has been around for decades. Drop cylinders at cruise. If we want HP without some premium price/surcharge there will be sacrifices.
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...May be harder to tune out, if desired...No feedback on manual trans AFM yet, of course... |
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Now how do I convince the wive I need two Camaros???
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05-06-2013, 07:02 PM | #95 | |
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Apparently the new Vettes will have several driving modes available to the driver...(No news there except now they incorporate AFM functions)... Only one of several modes uses AFM...It is off in all others, including the "default" mode...Great news for the Vette guys, but still unknown whether or not the 6thGen Camaros will have a driving mode selection similar that will keep AFM off for the automatic trans or the manual trans or both... It would be a definite up-grade for the Camaros to have AFM be a driver option like the Vettes... |
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05-09-2013, 08:21 AM | #96 |
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Anyone see how E85 affects these new engines (V6 and V8)??
Saw this in another section...not sure how official it is but apparantly E85 is tuned aggresively from the factory. We've seen custom tunes like this for the V6 for E85 that made good power results, but I don't recall seeing a factory Gas/E85 capable tune that made more power while on E85. 4.3 V6 Stock power: 285hp 305TQ. E85: 297HP 330TQ 5.3 V8 stock power: 355HP 383TQ. E85: 380HP 416TQ So I'm thinking the 6.2 on E85 factory tune could see nearly 500HP 500TQ???
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Now that would be VERY interesting considering the the LS7 is a gen IV engine and theyre moving to gen V engines.
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