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Old 03-14-2012, 08:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
rountreesj
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well the purpose was to get the engine to produce the same power, not more, with a turbo on low boost, and keeping the fuel input the same.

i dont want to build the internals of the engine, so i am not trying to make more power, but simply the same power with less gas.

by running the boosted engine lean, the car would essentially make more power with the same amount of gas, but to prevent problems i was going to spray water in to keep detonation from happening.

for larger engines, i can't see this thought working well, but for a smaller engine that gets 50mpg normally, introducing slight boost causing a lean situation would allow the car to run lean even when under load, and the water would keep it from getting too hot, then i could see the 55 mpg even when accelerating harder or moving faster.
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