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Old 11-06-2008, 10:28 PM   #19 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by roflwaffle View Post
A BSFC map w/ a (reasonable) range of loads corresponding to whatever gear you're in... Like the BSFC map on the bottom of pg. 37, except w/ road load as a swept area w/ high and low bounds, right?
Doh! I never really considered BSFC.... I guess - as this has morphed a bit... I want to come up with a method to create something similar to BSFC.

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So thinking out loud... I think I was hoping for a horizontal asymptote starting off low, going high, then going back low.

I need to put more thought into what it is exactly I'm trying to find....Or maybe... I don't know exactly what to call throttle v mpg v velocity, but I still think it will be somehow useful. Especially if I can make a way to determine it quickly (ie, car shopping )
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