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Old 06-26-2011, 07:01 PM   #187 (permalink)
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The Brake Specific Fuel Consumption measures how much power is provided versus fuel consumption of an engine in a test stand with the throttle wide open
Let me chime in here, I think they have to be using several throttle settings in order to create the "isobars" on the good bsfc maps, otherwise the load would be fixed at 100% for any given RPM and there would not be any data for consumption at less than 100% load.
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