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Old 02-09-2011, 04:07 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Julian Edgar View Post
Certainly not what I understand to be the case. Can you produce some references?
One very informative paper I keep referencing is

http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/ara/1937/naca-tn-619.pdf

in figure 8 they show power output with boost pressure for fixed fuel increments per cycle.

In figure 10 they show what a restriction of air intake does to performance.

in both cases the more in the cylinder results in more power out and higher efficiency for a given quantity of fuel.
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