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roflwaffle · 01-30-2008, 09:14 PM

Oh sure. They're assuming there are no mechanisms such as timing advance and/or more EGR that allow the engine efficiency of something on E85 to be higher than gas even though the energy content per gallon is lower.

01-30-2008, 09:14 PM	#22 (permalink)
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