1 C Charge Temps - Merry FD Christmas
I don't need water, I don't need meth....I need < 30 F ambient temps and an M2 medium IC.
Holy rip, it feels like someone exploded a seminuclear device behind the car, it flat out shreds in this ice cold air. Beemer M3s and Mustangs are dropping like flies in my rear view, like they can't get out of their way. This car hauls serious freakin ass in the cold weather. Unless you're forced to garage your queen because of snow, get the heck out there and mash the go pedal. It's an FD Merry Christmas. |
turbo cars are always faster than N/A cars in cold weather
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As long as you have the tune/boost control for it :icon_tup:
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hell yea they do..
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Hell yea! Even the stockers are nice in the cold.
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Originally Posted by t-von
(Post 10354601)
Hell yea! Even the stockers are nice in the cold.
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The only part that blows is getting the 1c water temps to 80c.
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Rotaries seem to warm up pretty quick, although I take it easy for awhile because I'm running SAE 60 oil - the oil pressure gauge is pretty much pegged until the oil is warm ha
But when it's warmed up, look out. The best way I can describe it is power dense. Essentially zero heat soak. You can hammer the throttle repeatedly and the charge temps hardly budge. Highest I saw was 5-6 C. Plus you can safely run more boost (with adequate fuel). Win-win. I love December and January. No "down time" here. |
In this weather I feel like I own a single turbo Supra. 1st and 2nd gear are so frickin useless. It's like hydroplaning on dry pavement. I often turn the boost down in the winter so I don't wrap the car around a tree. The highway pulls are nice though.
Originally Posted by Polak Graphics
(Post 10354653)
The only part that blows is getting the 1c water temps to 80c.
Also, watch out for boost spikes!! |
what are boost spikes?
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^ when boost briefly overshoots its intended level. so if you normally run ~15psi, when it's really cold out it hits 18psi briefly as it spools up and then drops back down. that brief extra boost could be dangerous for the engine depending on your tuning, the fuel system, etc
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Originally Posted by arghx
(Post 10355123)
In this weather I feel like I own a single turbo Supra. 1st and 2nd gear are so frickin useless. It's like hydroplaning on dry pavement. I often turn the boost down in the winter so I don't wrap the car around a tree.
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Originally Posted by Polak Graphics
(Post 10354505)
As long as you have the tune/boost control for it :icon_tup:
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I am using a Triumph (dudeman) sensor located in the elbow. I personally think this sensor reads maybe 4C too high (which isn't really a big deal). I have checked ambient temperature as reported in Celcius (phone app) and with a completely cold engine the PFC always reports temps higher than ambient even if it hasn't sit in the sun. That being said, intake temps still really vary a lot when you use this exposed element sensor. On a very cold day (about 0 or -2C ambient), with the engine just barely warmed up I am reading about 6 or 8C intake temps, but you'd have to subtract maybe 4 from that to account for what I feel is sensor inaccuracy.
If you drive the car around, boost a bit, and then shut it off it will still heatsoak. It just won't heatsoak anywhere near as much as it does during the summer. Temps will be maybe 10C above ambient... still greatly depending on the type of driving. |
how can you tell when it gets heat soaked
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Very easily. If you're driving around and you're seeing, say, 10 deg C then you arrive at your destination, let the car sit for 20 minutes, and get back in to leave, it will heatsoak. At that point your IAT sensor will read much higher (say 30 deg C) because it's absorbed the heat from your motor while sitting, and it will take a long, long time to come back down.
You know that the TRUE air temperature coming into the motor isn't that high, but the sensor has absorbed so much heat that it can't tell the difference, and will unfortunately take time to cool down. |
I don't know, I was driving the car very hard Sunday and Monday evening and I never saw above 6 C charge temp (I have the stock air intake sensor still), from a low of 1 just cruising down the freeway. I'd hesitate to call that heat soak. People love to knock these old ASP style SMICs but as long as you're above 30 or so mph they work extremely well
Edit: just noticed you were referring to post shut-down heat soak, any IC does that (FMICs less so of course) |
Originally Posted by ssonsk
(Post 10354622)
lol does it even get really cold in Texas?
Actually it does! We have really nice seasonal weather down here. Fall is usually in the 60's, winter, in the 40's and summer in the 90-100. It's dry where I'm at (no humidity) so summers aren't that bad cause you get that dry heat. It usually snows once a years but it's always gone the next day. :( |
Originally Posted by no_more_rice
(Post 10355508)
I don't know, I was driving the car very hard Sunday and Monday evening and I never saw above 6 C charge temp (I have the stock air intake sensor still), from a low of 1 just cruising down the freeway. I'd hesitate to call that heat soak. People love to knock these old ASP style SMICs but as long as you're above 30 or so mph they work extremely well
Edit: just noticed you were referring to post shut-down heat soak, any IC does that (FMICs less so of course) |
Originally Posted by arghx
(Post 10355805)
This is still a tricky comparison. An original stock IAT sensor in the stock UIM location is definitely different from the Triumph sensor and especially a relocated one. The IAT readings don't fluctuate anywhere near as much with the stock sensor. It doesn't cool down as quick (on a hot start) and it doesn't heat up as much (from a WOT pull).
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Originally Posted by TRWeiss1
(Post 10355503)
Very easily. If you're driving around and you're seeing, say, 10 deg C then you arrive at your destination, let the car sit for 20 minutes, and get back in to leave, it will heatsoak. At that point your IAT sensor will read much higher (say 30 deg C) because it's absorbed the heat from your motor while sitting, and it will take a long, long time to come back down.
You know that the TRUE air temperature coming into the motor isn't that high, but the sensor has absorbed so much heat that it can't tell the difference, and will unfortunately take time to cool down.
Originally Posted by t-von
(Post 10355643)
Actually it does! We have really nice seasonal weather down here. Fall is usually in the 60's, winter, in the 40's and summer in the 90-100. It's dry where I'm at (no humidity) so summers aren't that bad cause you get that dry heat. It usually snows once a years but it's always gone the next day. :(
georgia weather is random, it'll be in the 30s one weekend then be mid 70s next week; during the summers it only usually gets to like 90 but it's so humid it's like walking around with a wet heated blanket |
Originally Posted by MOBEONER
(Post 10355840)
So basically you are saying that the best bet is to relocate the AIT sensor whether is triumph or stock?
Most new turbo cars that use only a MAP sensor to calculate load (like the FD) have two or three IAT sensors. One sensor might be in the airbox, one after the intercooler, and one in the intake manifold. The twin turbo Ford Ecoboost motors have 3 sensors like that, and VW uses two on their speed density/MAP engines. Multiple IAT sensors and a self-correcting ECU are the best solution, but the OEM and aftermarket computers for the FD were never engineered for that. |
Originally Posted by arghx
(Post 10355953)
Multiple IAT sensors and a self-correcting ECU are the best solution, but the OEM and aftermarket computers for the FD were never engineered for that.
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took the car out for the first time in about three weeks. just some short highway pulls were insane
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Beautiful day for rotary power. Merry Christmas :)
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I still dd my fd even in the winter and I love it. I've never understood why people stop driving these cars when it's cold out. Recently I've been seeing temps as low as -4°C and the car loves it.
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It's nice until you get a boost spike and your motor pukes out an apex seal.
:lol: Mine's tucked safely away in my garage for the winter. :) |
I can't wait to drive mine again :-(
She's been out for the count since the end of August, should be done by the weekend! Sub-freezing ambient temperatures and a new single turbo should be INSANE!! |
Great news, where are you living right now? Do you have snow? I was hoping for more joyrides tomorrow, but it ain't lookin good....
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I'm up near DC, we got snow last week, but it's all off the roads now.
Hopefully the roads will remain clear for the couple of days I'll have to play with the car before I gotta store her until the summer :-/ Deployment can be a bitch, but it's gunna fund either StopTech or AP Racing brakes in the front and rear, so I can't complain too much :lol: |
Originally Posted by no_more_rice
(Post 10383074)
Great news, where are you living right now? Do you have snow? I was hoping for more joyrides tomorrow, but it ain't lookin good....
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Charlotte. Right now we're just getting cold rain, hopefully tomorrow will see an improvement
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