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Old 02-21-2013, 05:55 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by razor02097 View Post
Accelerating at 2 different rates isn't necessarily going to use the same amount of fuel. Especially if you end up going in to enrichment mode during the acceleration. Turning the engine at lower revs utilizes the engine more efficiently than turning it at higher revs. You don't want to lug the engine though that will retard the timing which lowers power and the ECU will add a lot of fuel to prevent damage which would waste fuel.
Another thing - assuming that a given engine does not go into enrichment, brisk acceleration does tend to use less gasoline than accelerating slowly. Brisk acceleration tends to put the gas engine closer to peak BSFC than slow acceleration.
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