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Old 11-08-2013, 08:43 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bschloop View Post
Here's another thought. I could set up an egr system. Just tap into the muffler and pipe a small amount of exhaust gas through a copper pipe into the intake.question is how would this affect FE and performance?
On the paper that is a good one, it should reduce pumping loss at lower rpm, filling the vacuum of the throttle with inert gas.

But personally I would be worried with carb tuning.

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