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Old 10-24-2007, 11:47 AM   #17
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The Honda cylinder deactivation brought 6 cylinders down to 3, and to make up for the change in sound white noise that would match the sound patter back to that of the full V6 was pumped through the speakers, or something like that. Helps those inside the car, but not outside. In any case, I don't think that will be a problem here, as 4 cylinders sound very different than 3 (go drive a Geo Metro around and you'll see). So I'm sure that really, AFM will have no performance penalty. You go light on the gas, holding a steady speed, unnecessary cylinders cut off. You hit the gas, and the come back online. I've heard its actually rather seamless.
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