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Old 01-25-2008, 11:41 PM   #14 (permalink)
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What's your gearing at right now? Anything above ~1300-1500rpm@55mph in top gear isn't ideal IMO. If the intake valve stays open long enough for the cylinder to travel upward and push some of the air it sucked in out, then it would be similar to the four stroke Atkinson cycle. You can go ahead and try it, but just make sure to test it thoroughly as per the whole A-B-A regime with reasonably consistent conditions in order to get enough good data.
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