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Old 03-17-2009, 10:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Wonderboy -

I see your bump and raise you two bumps.

I'm in *no* way an expert, but maybe the higher speed pushed you into your BSFC sweet spot. The higher speed cost you MPG, but the better BSFC spot was more fuel efficient, so it cancelled out and netted the same MPG.

That's my dos centavos,

CarloSW2
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