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Re: Designing a Planetary Gearbox to increase speed?

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Originally Posted by kevin.li.rit View Post
You can force efficiency down, but does a litre of fuel produce less joules as stated?
No. It produces fewer joules.


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I assume this is only possible due to incomplete comubstion?
The joules being referred to are mechanical output joules at the engine crankshaft, not joules of combustion heat.