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Old 02-02-2023, 08:45 PM   #46 (permalink)
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I seem to recall someone quantifying ~130F as being where their fuel economy peaked. I saw large improvements with a warm air intake during Vermont winters, but some days the air temperature was -10F or lower, so we're talking a 140F+ increase. That's a lot of extra energy being put back into the cylinders.

Go too hot, and most ECUs will begin to retard timing to protect from detonation.
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