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Old 10-11-2010, 12:38 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I have wondered what would happen in terms of FE if the turbo/supercharger is set to the point where it is pushing the air in at 0-1% above what is needed running NA. Reduce the pumping loss to suck air in and increase VE.
That would mean you'd be running 100%+ load all the time and you'd never stop accelerating.
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