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RobertSmalls · 10-24-2009, 03:55 PM

No, the Miller/Atkinson cycle is just a delayed intake valve closing, allowing the compression ratio to be less than the expansion ratio. The novelty here is all after the exhaust valves. The two are not mutually exclusive.

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RobertSmalls Left Lane Ecodriver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA Posts: 2,257 Prius C - '12 Toyota Prius C Thanks: 79 Thanked 286 Times in 199 Posts	No, the Miller/Atkinson cycle is just a delayed intake valve closing, allowing the compression ratio to be less than the expansion ratio. The novelty here is all after the exhaust valves. The two are not mutually exclusive.