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Old 01-18-2009, 08:00 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Basically, the air under the car is supposedly the coldest air there is, and where your cabin intake is right now, you're getting heat-soaked air under pressure (it's probably at the windshield cowl).
I always thought the air under the car was the hottest there was. There is a very hot, sun-baked asphalt heat-sink down there. I'm pretty sure the higher the intake, the cooler the air.
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