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Originally posted by cstreit
Actually the way it works is it not only shuts off fuel and spark, but closes the valves as well.
So the motor has to fight the compression of 1/2 the cylinders the whole time?

The Cadillac 16 had this feature. They called it "Displacement On Demand".

http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/models/gallery.jsp?model=sixteen&df=y
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