cold weather = better or worse performance?
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cold weather = better or worse performance?
its around 32 degrees now in Maryland. is my car going to be running better or worse?
i searched and found this thread, but its not exactly the same question
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/weather-affecting-performance-331941/
i searched and found this thread, but its not exactly the same question
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/weather-affecting-performance-331941/
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Watch out for the (high-performance, summer) tires having sudden break-away and low grip in cold weather.
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Originally Posted by DaveW
Watch out for the (high-performance, summer) tires having sudden break-away and low grip in cold weather.
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yeah it's cold here last couple of days... and my boost seems out of control. even with profec B turned all the way down my car wants to make 15 plus pounds of boost. yesterday I turned it down and it seemed to hold a 10-12 lb boost but tonight for whatever reason it wanted to make 15 lbs.
any ideas?
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You are going to have a lot more power. My last week before the car went away for the winter, it was liek 20 degres. I was getting on the freeway and got on the gas too hard. With the cold dense air and ice cold tires, I spun the car out on the entrance ramp, almost put it into the wall! Im just glad there was no other cars on the ramp.
When it gets cold and the air gets dencer, a turbo car makes lots more power! Its fun to drive when it gets cold, just keep your eye on the boost guage (for those boost spikes) and go easy on the freeway entrance ramps! lol.
When it gets cold and the air gets dencer, a turbo car makes lots more power! Its fun to drive when it gets cold, just keep your eye on the boost guage (for those boost spikes) and go easy on the freeway entrance ramps! lol.
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Originally Posted by RE-Amemiya7
You are going to have a lot more power. My last week before the car went away for the winter, it was liek 20 degres. I was getting on the freeway and got on the gas too hard. With the cold dense air and ice cold tires, I spun the car out on the entrance ramp, almost put it into the wall! Im just glad there was no other cars on the ramp.
When it gets cold and the air gets dencer, a turbo car makes lots more power! Its fun to drive when it gets cold, just keep your eye on the boost guage (for those boost spikes) and go easy on the freeway entrance ramps! lol.
When it gets cold and the air gets dencer, a turbo car makes lots more power! Its fun to drive when it gets cold, just keep your eye on the boost guage (for those boost spikes) and go easy on the freeway entrance ramps! lol.
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The nice cold, dense air also has a tendency to make cars run very lean if the ECU can't compensate quickly enough, definitely NOT good for our cars' engines longevity.
Yeah, in the cooler/cold weather you'll SWEAR you have about 50 extra ponies to play with, just like the reverse is true in the nasty ******* miserable bullshit hot weather, where you LOSE at least that amount of power!
Yeah, in the cooler/cold weather you'll SWEAR you have about 50 extra ponies to play with, just like the reverse is true in the nasty ******* miserable bullshit hot weather, where you LOSE at least that amount of power!
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Here are some recorded correction factors (cf) used by Dynojet Dynos. These correction factors use barometric pressure, air temperature and vapor pressure to calculate the correction factor. I believe the correction value is a multiplier for each horsepower data point. For example: if the dyno measures 300 horsepower and the temp is 108F; the SAE corrected value would be 300 X 1.04 or 312. Looking at the relationship between the factors and the temperature one can see that you make more power at colder temps. The correction factors give you an idea how much. Using the correction factors only, one would make 3% more power at 53F vs. 78F.
108F 1.04
88F 1.02
78F 1.00
64F 0.99
53F 0.97
108F 1.04
88F 1.02
78F 1.00
64F 0.99
53F 0.97
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