GKShadow wrote:
> "Steve W." <csr684NOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> GKShadow wrote:
>>> "GKShadow" <GKShadow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:MuJgk.42$dg.20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> I bought a new 2007 1500 Silverado EXT. Cab 4X4 4.8L V-8 with the L1
>>>> package; Last month, June 02. 2008.
>>>>
>>>> When I got it, it was getting 13.9 mpg. It is up to 14.5 after 1200
>>>> miles; according to the computer in the truck.
>>>>
>>>> Is this the best I can expect and what can I do to make it better? A
>>>> friend with a F 150 put a Chiller intake on his and says he is doing
>>>> better fuel wise and picked up HP. He paid $265.00 for it and only
took
>>>> 45 min to install.
>>>>
>>>> I am thinking about doing the same; should I?
>>>>
>>>> Well after a little more resurch I found the kit has a chiller or air
>>>> cooler in it. I would bet it is a venture that compresses the air. So
I
>>>> think I will get it.
>>>
>> No way that a 265 dollar device has any type of compressor in it.
>>
>> --
>> Steve W.
>> Near Cooperstown, New York
>
> It's not a compressor, it's a venture; a funnel type device that
compresses
> the air and cools it.
>
>
Hate to tell you but ANY compression of air HEATS the air. That is why
turbocharged engines use inter coolers. A venturi only does one thing,
it increases the velocity of the substance going through it. The catch
there is that the increased velocity gets stopped as soon as it hits the
intake manifold.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
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