X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [65.173.216.67] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 5.0c2) with HTTP id 721745 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:16:38 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Turbo Diesel vs. Turbo Gas (JET A vs. 100LL) To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.0c2 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:16:38 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "George Braly" : Mike, The BSFC min for the big bore TCM engines is often as low as 0.380 to 0.385, rather than the 0.41 to 0.43. The 0.41-0.43 numbers are applicable to many of the TSIO-520x series engines and Lycoming TIO engines. The TSIO-550 does around 0.40 The TN IO-550 does around 0.385 Regards, George