Excellent informational post Dodgeman! I especially like the squish explanation. Thank you.

Here's another idea I am exploring. Some of the economy guys are installing an alternator cut switch in their cars and running without a charging system for their daily commutes to work [in other words - not for long trips]. They then connect a trickle charger and recharge their battery overnight. They switch to a marine "deep cycle" battery for this. Evidently the alternator is a significant drag on the engine and they are claiming up to a 10% gain in fuel economy from this modification alone. Granted, they are using newer cars with much more powerful charging systems than what our B210's have.

I am seriously considering giving this a try. I have some time left to test it out before the event next month. I need to go 102 miles without any charging. I am wondering if my ignition system [first year of electronic ignition in the US- not the later B310 system] will lose any of it's output when running off of a static battery voltage instead of the normal 14+ volts.


Anyone have any opinion or input?

Mike