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Old 07-07-2009, 08:59 AM   #29 (permalink)
Shawn D.
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The White Car - '84 Mercedes-Benz 300td
90 day: 28.84 mpg (US)

The Blue Car - '86 BMW 535i
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Stock Apples vs. Prototype Oranges

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Originally Posted by theunchosen View Post
I disagree on the AFR. Honda, Toyota, Ford, GM and others have all built mule engines that can do better than 35:1. Not only that they can do it without suffering diminishing returns.
There's a tremendous difference between building unique/one-off/prototype/mule engines for research and attempting to replicate the results on an engine with stock architecture. Unless you are completely redesigning and fabricating new pistons, chambers, valve location/angles, injector location, spark plug location, etc., you cannot make such a comparison. Adding heat sinks to pistons doesn't count as an architecture change.

BTW, why is this in "Success Stories" when the main result so far is an engine meltdown?
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Last edited by Shawn D.; 07-07-2009 at 09:03 AM.. Reason: Wondered why this was in "Success Stories"... ;)
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