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Old 04-12-2015, 02:07 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Grant-53 View Post
The biggest efficiency factor is compression ratio, the higher the better from a thermodynamic perspective. Next is the rate of flow of air/fuel mixture as in cc/min.
At a certain point, pumping losses start to offset the benefits of a high compression ratio.
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