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Old 07-17-2009, 12:23 PM
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interesting engine
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Old 07-17-2009, 12:27 PM
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never taken thermodynamics have you???

that engine was a test question for me.
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Old 07-17-2009, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 240_to_miata
never taken thermodynamics have you???

that engine was a test question for me.
never took quantum physics either
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I signed up for a course in Rocket Surgery and Brain Science, but dropped it.

Interesting engine though. Any of them actually running?
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The atkinson cycle is already used in other industries to increase stroke.

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So what's the difference betwen this and just using a high static compression ratio and closing the intake valve very late?
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Originally Posted by cueball1
The atkinson cycle is already used in other industries to increase stroke.



I thought a "down under lover" was just a cunnilingus master.
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Originally Posted by cueball1
The atkinson cycle is already used in other industries to increase stroke.

did you just get back from a hustler yard sale?


and this **** is way cooler, unlimited revs like a rotor but the power of pistons

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Wow that is one complicated 2 stroke.
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