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Old 02-16-2018, 11:12 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by gtengr View Post
We're going to have to agree to disagree. The switch from a composite intake to aluminum on a car that gets +30 mpg is just not a big deal from an emissions output perspective, and it's a far cry from circumventing emissions testing with ECU trickery. If emissions stopped them from putting the red intake on automatics, why didn't it factor into the tS? The extra emissions due to stickier tires and the drag of a wing are far worse than what would happen with a mildly different intake on an automatic.
The material of the intake alone doesn't matter there were more changes than just what it was made of. Why else would they make all of the same engine changes as the MT but leave the intake?


Notice that the tS is only available in MT.
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