Air intake on 16v

[scirocco at powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

But take a CIS or CIS-E car that does not like it's first few minutes of
winter cold starts and add that stuff on and watch the difference.  I say this
only from experience.  I had an '85 GTI that  hated winter, then I installed
the heat stove and tube and it was fine after that.

John

At 12:10 PM 2/13/04 -0500, Drew MacPherson wrote:


>I'm sorry, but the CIS and CIS-E warm air system on Sciroccos is solely
>for emissions, it has squat to do with cold starting or cold running
>driveability.  For example - the European 1.8L DX engine with CIS did not
>have a warm intake air system, at least prior to '89.
>
>If we were talking carburetted engines, or even digifant, which had "cold
>climate" modifications to its air preheat system to avoid icing on the
>MAF, it would be a different story.
>
>Drew
>
>On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, David Utley wrote:
>
> > You're both right...
> >
>
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