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Originally posted by rage2
I'm not an expert in this area, but I've done some research on fuel temperatures, combustion temperatures, etc.
Cat converters need a lot of heat to start working properly... that's why on modern cars a set of "startup cats" sit really close to the exhaust headers to minimize heat loss and to clean up the exhaust at startup (exhaust is most "dirty" when engine/cats are cold).
Heating up the fuel would probably help startup emissions by raising exhaust gas temperatures, but that's about it. It's not the smartest thing to do, it increases EGT's which can lead to burnt valves. Fuel also acts as a coolant to supress detonation on high performance engines, increasing fuel temps is the same effect as using lower octane fuel. As for "more power", it doesn't matter what the temps are, there's going to be the same amount of air and fuel, so power should stay the same (unless of course detonation occurs because of higher fuel temps).
Now, I'm not sure how much EGT's increase with this product, but it's probably so small that it doesn't make any difference in EGT's to affect anything that I've mentioned... meaning it doesn't do anything =).
heh wow what a complicated way to say...:bullshit: