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Old October 24th 05, 03:51 PM
George Patterson
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Cub Driver wrote:

(Must be more to carb heat than that. Bypassing the filter ought to
increase performance in every instance, or at least never decrease it.


Yes.

But pulling carb heat on, in the Cub, does definitely cause a decrease
in power.


The heat normally creates a rich mixture, which causes a decrease in power.

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