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To: Red Badger

What are the compression ratios? 25:1? I wouldn’t expect the engine to hold up as long as a spark engine under the pressures required, whatever they are.


11 posted on 08/09/2017 2:53:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Not necessarily true. Diesel engines can and do run for multi hundred-thousands of miles.


15 posted on 08/09/2017 2:57:06 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: PAR35

The Mazda gasoline compression ignition engine is an 18 to 1 ratio.

The current models that still use spark plugs are 14 to 1 which is the highest in the industry. That’s why my CX-5 gets the same fuel mileage as a Toyota Yaris despite having a bigger engine and being a much larger vehicle.

I get 28.1 mpg in the suburban driving that is driving on Guam


39 posted on 08/09/2017 3:32:52 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: PAR35

I would guess around 13.5 to one.


48 posted on 08/09/2017 3:53:57 PM PDT by Openurmind
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