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Old 10-26-2011, 03:41 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JRMichler View Post
And then you spend a lot of time at WOT, where the efficiency is low.
I think most of the inefficiency at WOT is due to acceleration enrichment and going open-loop. If the engine management were set up correctly, you might even get better efficiency at WOT than at 80% load. There certainly would be less pumping loss past the throttle--not much less, but some.

It might at least be worth a try. Of course, you'd have to make sure you could distinguish between "going WOT for efficiency" versus "I want maximum acceleration now".

-soD
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