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> Good god... Who the hell does that? What ricer would

> willingly risk killing their motor from eating some leaves

> (or a piece of gravel!) for a minuscule performance

> increase? The risk:reward scale there is just bananas.

A lot of people do it. In the UK you've also got tonnes of rain regularly too, meaning all sorts of crap is sprayed into the engine bay area, both dry and wet.

The performance gain is surprisingly high given how simple the action is, the throttle becomes more responsive and you can audibly hear the engine taking gulps of air. Of course that comes with the associated risk. If you're a student with a £300 car and you want to pretend it's a race car, little tricks like this cost nothing for a little speed boost.