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Originally Posted by lendaddy
If the filter is causing restriction at a given throttle position the throttle plate simply opens and negates it. This of course can't happen at WOT which is why maximum potential IS affected.
Take your garden hose example, you error is in assuming there is only one restriction (the sock). The reality is that there would be another valve right by your mouth. Without the sock on the other end you may be able to suck Xcuft of air per second with the mouth valve open 10%. But...with the sock on the other end you need to open the mouth valve to 30% to have the same restriction free flow of Xcuft per second.
Make sense?
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you and your fancy talk.
Glenn said it best: in modern cars (I'm guessing ODBII), the gas pedal is an AIR pedal. It lets in air. the computer then lets in fuel. a clogged filter only means you don't have maximum acceleration.