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Old 03-13-2020, 03:06 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
Variable compression ratio is more effective for increasing low load efficiency than throttling loss reduction (well, they work in tandem, but without high compression and high combustion temperature you cannot get high efficiency).
Well, yes. I was still thinking of using the throttle to control power. The variable compression is to create the same charge density at ignition no matter what the charge density is at the beginning of compression.
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