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Old 01-17-2012, 06:49 AM   #5 (permalink)
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the atkinson zycle has a relativ high idle and less torque in the lower rpms.
Maybe you could compensate for that by adding a hybri.. umh, hybrid system so the engine would not need to idle (it could just die when not needed) and to boost the tourque at low rpms.

Wait, that reminds me of something..
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