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Old 08-07-2008, 05:42 PM   #21
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You're totally right. I should've been more specific. I meant that drivers who slam it at green lights and don't gradually accelerate will not do better for gas mileage.
That's okay, I mistyped "true" as "ture".

Drivers who run wide open at high RPM are the only ones who would see fuel economy gains from intake/exhaust that flow more freely. They're the ones who are experiencing inefficiency in the intake/exhaust. Anyone running part-throttle has their bottleneck at the throttle, and anyone running low RPM (even at WOT) isn't trying to move a lot of air anyway.
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