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Old 02-02-2009, 02:05 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Diesel vs gas engine Frank. Makes sense the gasser would have an higher percentage of losses from the valve train since they rev higher and have lower compression.

19% of 1.5 kw is roughly .38 hp. Suppose you halve the valve train losses, and your car uses 15 hp going down the road at 55 mph, that's 2.5% better FE.
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