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Old 03-17-2014, 03:17 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChazInMT View Post
Lets look at the 2 extremes for an air filter. If a filter is highly restrictive, then the throttle will open more for a given power setting than it normally would to draw more air through the filter, same amount of air enters the engine, same amount of fuel since the fuel injection operates somewhat independently of the throttle position. Thus fuel economy is the same.
What is the purpose of TP sensor on manual transmission vehicle? I thought the wider the plate opens the wider the pulse width of the injectors based on the voltage received from the TP sensor.
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