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I previously posted:
<<I've found that a good rule of thumb is that a change in inlet air temp
(before it goes into the engine/manifold) is worth about half as much as the
actual change. In other words a 50F change is only worth 3% or less, not
the 5+% theory would predict.>>
Sorry, I must have been asleep at the time. Theory (PV=NRT, the perfect gas
law) would predict an approximate 10% power increase with a 50F change,
since on the average you are operating at a temperature of about 500R. So
George's number of 5% is already taking into account the heating effect of
the engine parts. As is usually the case, he is right.
Gary Casey
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