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Old 09-12-2010, 02:34 AM   #14 (permalink)
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That sounds like a pretty good explanation. However, wouldn't accessory losses count more at high rpm, where they're spinning faster, and frictional losses, as well as pumping losses (in the power steering pump) are greater?
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