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<blockquote data-quote="t2ribena" data-source="post: 350361" data-attributes="member: 3847"><p>running the engine hotter or cooler does not change the fact that the hot air density is lower than the cooler air unless the designer decides to put the air intake near to the hotest part of the engine...most of the air intake is at the front of the car away from engine heat source so all stock air intake is already CAI...<img src="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>air/oxigen is the main component in combustion in higher ratio compare to fuel (if not mistaken min 15:1) thus a reduction in oxigen will surely contributes to loss of power...</p><p> </p><p>in order to achieve higher fuel burn efficiency the conti car makers run the engine hotter than the japan counterpart...</p><p> </p><p>of course all this IMHO...:top:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="t2ribena, post: 350361, member: 3847"] running the engine hotter or cooler does not change the fact that the hot air density is lower than the cooler air unless the designer decides to put the air intake near to the hotest part of the engine...most of the air intake is at the front of the car away from engine heat source so all stock air intake is already CAI...[IMG]http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif[/IMG] air/oxigen is the main component in combustion in higher ratio compare to fuel (if not mistaken min 15:1) thus a reduction in oxigen will surely contributes to loss of power... in order to achieve higher fuel burn efficiency the conti car makers run the engine hotter than the japan counterpart... of course all this IMHO...:top: [/QUOTE]
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