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Old 05-26-2013, 05:17 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JETZcorp View Post
People complicate the Atkinson thing far too much.
The real Atkinson cycle is more complicated than what we know commercially as Atkinson cycle, since it requires an articulated crankshaft which leads to a power stroke really longer than the compression stroke, instead of emulating its effect just with a different valve timing.
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