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Old 04-10-2010, 12:32 AM   #3 (permalink)
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...beats walking...
 
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...an analogy: sucking air thru a straw doesn't get any better when you put a propellor at the other end of that straw.

...however, a turbo *will* let you *use* all the octane value of ethanol-laced fuels (E85, etc.) although you might have to "double-gasket" the engine heads to drop the static compression.
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