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Old 01-22-2015, 11:13 PM   #24 (permalink)
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An engine is a type of lever, using fuel to rapidly heat compressed atmosphere, then extracting useful work out of the rapid expansion of that atmosphere when the fuel is ignited.

That lever is it's longest when 100% of the available atmospheric pressure enters the cylinder during the intake stroke.

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