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Old 05-07-2016, 11:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
ConnClark
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Not another Warm air intake on a diesel thread

Diesels increase in fuel economy down to about -10C (even ancient low compression monsters). When you heat the air you just reject more combustion energy to the cooling system instead of moving you down the road. You also create more NOx

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