Re: [Amc-list] Water line in six cyl. intake

[Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know my heated intake on my '82 Spirit is responsible for me getting almost 20 mpg with my 4.2L. I plugged it into power (it was disconnected when I got it) and it ran much better.


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Be interesting to know what the true reason results were.
I'd wager quicker warmup, detter driveability on less fuel.
Maybe not noticeable from car-car due to variables, but fleet wide it could have satisfied the still in diapers EPA and the burgeoning need for control!
 
I've seen some day and night differences between heated-nonheated six intakes.
They could have tuned around the not water heated intakes issues with a little more fuel, slower choke etc.
It could have been the light bulb moment years too!
All the years of not heating the intake, then the light comes on! Oh, wait this works better and uses less gas!
 
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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
 
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I would imagine that did the resarch and documented it somewhere which proves 
> the fuel economy benefits and/or the emissions control benefits of the heated 
> manifold.  I don't think AMC would have gone to the trouble of adding the heat 
> provision if it did have proven benefits or if there was not a regulatory 
> compliance reason to do so.
> 
> Joe Fulton

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