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Old 04-05-2010, 05:17 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 5speed5 View Post
You'd get most of the energy back when the compressed air decompresses during the
"power" cycle ("power" is in quotes because with the injectors off, there's no added power...just a decompression). True, there is a bit of loss due to heat loss during compression (imperfect adiabaticity), but that's probably less than friction loss and pumping loss (moving air through the engine as it rotates).
i agree.

and should be easy to plumb into an injected engine - unplug the injector rail and plug a switch in between.
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