Thread: GCR: is it possible to make MPG worse by downsizing engines TOO much?
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Old 11-22-2012, 05:23 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Is not efficiency represented by the contour lines? So in that chart, peak efficiency would come at about 2500 rpm and 124.7 ft-lb?
...yep.

...like in these two Prius engine examples:




...and this chart:

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