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Old 05-24-2022, 02:56 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Combustion efficiency is only one of many factors in overall engine efficiency. It's also one of the more efficient aspects of modern engines, meaning even if we could achieve 100% combustion efficiency, overall engine efficiency would not drastically improve.

As I pointed out, gasoline engines could easily be made high compression like a diesel engine and gain efficiency, but that causes unacceptable increases in certain pollutants.
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