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Old 11-14-2013, 05:36 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Shankenstein View Post
On a similar note, I heard about Ford and VW using the variable exhaust valve timing to do a controlled backfire to spool up the turbo. Would be interesting if our cold start strategy does this to warm up the catalyst too.
The exhaust cam timing on the FA20 is indeed retarded until the catalyst reaches the target temperature.
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