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Old 11-26-2010, 12:07 PM   #8 (permalink)
Formula413
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Originally Posted by 99kleansi View Post
I sure hope you guys are routing cold air into the engine and not suffocating it with hot heat soaked engine bay air thats raising Air Intake Temps reducing timing on your engine to prevent detonation causing you to lose fuel efficiency.
I'm pretty sure the consensus is that warmer air is better for fuel economy, because any decrease in efficiency due to less ignition advance is more than offset by the decreased resistance from the throttle, which needs to open wider to create a given amount of power with warmer, and less dense, air.
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