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Old 10-06-2017, 12:02 AM   #86 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by teoman View Post
Aaa to the best of my knowledge (which is not much) lean burn doest really run hotter.
It does run hotter, since the lesser amount of fuel takes less latent evaporation heat from the intake air. Have you never seen that piston-engined aircraft pilots enrich the mixture when the engine starts overheating, in order to decrease the temperature?
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