Drivetrain CAI = less miles per gallon?
Yes...
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Is this theory true then?
If I place a 1/4 gallon of gas in the tank, start the car and let it idle. Then start a stopwatch. It should take the same amount of time to run out of gas no matter what kind of intake is on the car(stock of CAI)?
While driving with a CAI installed does the TB plate open less...relative to the TB with a stock airbox?
Is this theory true then?
If I place a 1/4 gallon of gas in the tank, start the car and let it idle. Then start a stopwatch. It should take the same amount of time to run out of gas no matter what kind of intake is on the car(stock of CAI)?
While driving with a CAI installed does the TB plate open less...relative to the TB with a stock airbox?
As far as while driving, it should open a bit less with the CAI. But really, we're talking about a peak HP difference that is really only a few % (at best) of the gross HP the car is really making. So the TB ought to be a few % less open to account for the fact that there's less pressure drop before the TB. But to be totally honest, I haven't seen a data set that really shows this one way or the other.
Matt
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