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Old 09-06-2010, 11:27 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bs0u0155 View Post
also, how much air in cfm does a car displace and would 5-15cubic feet /second make a dent in that?
a 2.0 liter 4 cycle engine (at 100% volumetric efficiency) takes in 1 liter per revolution. At, say 2000 rpm that's 2000 lpm. That's 70.6 cfm, or about 1.2 cubic feet /second. That's air *intake*. Anyone want to figure out what combustion turns that into?
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