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Old 09-22-2017, 11:28 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
because you end up with a piston creating lower pressure in the cylinder with the remainder of the downstroke, you're depressurizing the air and may actually be pulling heat out of the cylinder walls, rather than losing it into them, which would be a net thermodynamic gain
That makes sense.
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