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Old 07-14-2008, 04:26 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
WAI works because the ECU leans out the fuel mixture at higher temperatures because the air is not as dense, not because hot air is "more efficient"
I do not entirely agree. That is probably the case for many cars; BUT thinner air allows the throttle plate farther open which reduces manifld vacuum which decreases pumping losses. However some ECU's counter with more fuels so . . . . .


I "think" I've read that there is an optimal temperature for gasoline evaporation, MIGHT be related to that . . . .

Heating WVO for a diesel is simply a matter of making it flow through the lines and the pump. Gasoline already flows pretty darn well.
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