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Old 12-07-2010, 09:09 PM   #180 (permalink)
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Hi,

Typical gasoline has 116,090 BTU/gallon and diesel has 129,488 BTU/gallon (according the X-Prize MPGe spreadsheet).

If you have more torque, you just need to use taller gear ratios to get the work done?

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Looks similar to your original configuration Neil.



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Mech
Yes, it does; complete with superchargers.

So, if I am off base -- how do we get a much more efficient ICE design?
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