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Ecky · 06-05-2016, 01:56 AM

I'm aware of how low it is, and I'm still inclined to believe the chart is for stoichiometric combustion, because you can't get that kind of torque with lean burn in the Insight. Peak torque (WoT) in LB is somewhere closer to 50Nm, making that impossible. Any higher and it's necessarily stoich.

Edit: FWIW Honda has since built several engines that exceed the thermal efficiency of the ECA1. The 2.0L Atkinson cycle engine in the 2014 Accord hybrid is claimed to be the most efficient engine ever put into a production car.

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