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Old 06-14-2012, 08:28 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...exactly, especially with more & more vehicles using "idle stop" controls; want the engine to "stay" in 'closed-loop' operation as long as possible instead of having to break 'loop' with each "stop."
Also for integrated exhaust manifolds, and it wouldn't surprise me if they did away with the cylinder head. Why worry about head gaskets and exhaust manifold gaskets?
It would depend on how hard it was to cast something that complicated.

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