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Old 03-07-2009, 02:41 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Only unburned hydrocarbon carbon monoxide emissions and are high at start up. Nox emissions are low at this time. Once things warm up hydrocarbon emissions and carbon monoxide drop and Nox emissions rise. A warm air intake will drop hydro carbon emissions a little and increase Nox emissions a lot.
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