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Originally Posted by serialk11r
What is really interesting is that Toyota is sticking with relatively large displacement NA when Honda is committing to small turbo engines.
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It's been my impression that greater volume in the cylinder = less cylinder wall per unit of volume through which to lose heat. When Deere was still using two cylinder engines, one of their biggest tractors at the time set a record for fuel efficiency that wasn't broken for over 25 years. Each cylinder displaced about three quarts - seriously, each cylinder displaced more than my truck's entire engine.
Turn up the compression, keep the cylinders big, employ Atkinson cycle because that works, laugh all the way past the gas station on your way to the bank.