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Re: KN air induction kit
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Posted by RustyFarmall on April 11, 2007 at 07:51:27 from (66.43.253.62):
In Reply to: KN air induction kit posted by Oliver Power on April 11, 2007 at 00:40:58:
Just to add some comments to what has already been posted. Many folks mentioned that if it was such a great deal, why didn't GM just install it in the first place? Well, I really don't have the answer to that, but I do remember back in the '70s when all of our new cars had to meet the new emmisions restrictions, and most of those cars were so choked down with vacuum leaks that they would hardly run. The dealer that sold that new car could not do very much about it, but an independent auto repair shop could "re-route" those vacuum lines, plug off most of those leaks, advance the timing to where it should have been, and turn a very sluggish large V8 engine into something that was almost wild, and improve the miles per gallon, all at the same time. Go figure.
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