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Old 02-21-2013, 02:47 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I suppose it would make sense, if you do alot of cold starts, to do the modification to improve warm up time, but it would still cost you power when the engine is warm.
Maximum rated power would go down, but who cruises down the highway at wide-open throttle?

I've seen about a 5% improvement in FE from raising my truck's intake temperature 50 F above ambient.

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Because whoever wrote it clearly doesn't get it
How so?
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