# Remote starters, how do they work?!?? \[split\]

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**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097 "2011-12-30T20:52:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097/86 "2012-01-05T15:59:20Z")

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> [@Why are you into cars?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-you-into-cars/47626/114):
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> do you have any idea how much gas is “wasted” sitting there?
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> ave duty cycle at idle is like 1-3%
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> Stock injectors in your truck are 21lb or 220.5cc/min \* 8 (8 injectors) 1764cc/min
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> there are 3785CC per GAL
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> so my dumb math is telling me it would take 2.14 minutes to flow a gallon of gas through 8 injectors WIDE OPEN.
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> Assuming a 3% DC, I take 1764 \* .03 and get 52.92CC/min at idle.
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> _ **or it would take 71 minutes of idle to burn one gallon of fuel.** _
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> 71 minutes costs $3.50, or 5 cents a minute
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> So letting it sit for 5 minutes to idle up to temp to toast your buns costs you all of $0.25 :lol
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> (there is way more number crunching to find the actual flow, but that’s gotta be in the ballpark i would think)

A penny saved is a penny earned, right?

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