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Old 12-26-2017, 12:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
Ecky
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I remember reading a study that had been done, but couldn't find it when I looked. As I remember though, the timing advance didn't offset the price difference. It was measurably positive in some of Ford's Ecoboost engines (high compression turbo), but even in most vehicles which could advance timing significantly (usually high performance engines), the fuel economy difference was negligible - neither better, nor worse - and it costs more.
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