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Old 03-11-2012, 05:30 PM   #18 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
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...a diesel's efficiency stems from its high compression ratio (cr) and a turbocharger increases its static mechanical-compression ratio to an even higher dynamic effective-compression ratio, when the turbo is spooled up.

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