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Old 11-30-2009, 08:04 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Well, it's a good news it's not fixed rpm. It allows to pick up the most efficient operating point for every load level.
Yes, you're right. It's just that I've been hoping that the "ideal" would be viable in the real world, aka an engine designed to run at a single RPM. They also ditched the 1.0 V3 Turbo in favor of the 1.4 V4.

[EDIT: V3 and V4 are the wrong term, I meant to say I3 and I4]

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