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Old 29th Apr 2019, 10:42
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Originally Posted by lucille
These VW/ Audi diesels can be truly disruptive - they can run on Jet A1 and their SFC is half that of your air cooled flat sixes.
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No they're not. If you're lucky they'll be at or around 220g/kWh. A IO-550 is easily good for 250g/kWh and probably less when things are leaned properly - maybe closer to 235...
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