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Old 03-05-2010, 04:22 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 90crxHF View Post
I do understand what you're saying here, and I'll to it with this...


Now, for a 4 cylinder powered car to theoretically get twice the gas mileage, the power to weight ratio's will need to be similar. The very second the engine is struggling, FE goes out the window. However, even in a large V8, most V8's these days are reaching very high effeciency levels.... I mean, I can go get a 360 Cube motor that makes over it's displacement now, stock?? Wow, what an efficient engine, or is it over efficient??
Engines ALWAYS struggle.

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