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Old 09-29-2009, 09:54 AM   #45 (permalink)
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You are perhaps right Mech. However, I know the 2010 Prius uses up to a 30% EGR charge. Add that to the fact that it is an atkinson engine and you really seem to be running pretty high levels of EGR. There has to be some sort of gain to be had (at the cost of peak power).
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