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roflwaffle · 07-15-2009, 04:19 PM

Higher in cylinder temps (lean ratio, timing too advanced) lead to excessive NOx formation. I'm pretty sure intake temps can't get hot enough to directly influence this w/o the front end of the car melting off.

07-15-2009, 04:19 PM	#13 (permalink)
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