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Old 04-08-2015, 05:39 PM   #17 (permalink)
mikeyjd
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Originally Posted by cosmick View Post
This is '70s tech, it made it easier to jet a carb when the intake air was always one set temp. Now we have OBD2-level SMPEFI, this hot air tech is obsolete. The cheapest and easiest solution is to embrace the horror of the newest engine in your local salvage yard. Swaps are fun.
For some of us, custom fabricating a plethora of components to swap an engine would be considered more expensive and difficult than attaching this out of date WAI... If it works, who cares when tech was developed?
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