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7058, Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by HadesOmega, Jul-03-01 08:17 PM Lately my car has been getting rotten mileage and the engine sure seems to get really hot. Lately the weather has been warm and humid here in San Jose, California. Makes my skin icky feeling and all, anyway would this make my car do these things? | |
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7059, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by fly1, Jul-05-01 12:29 AM Hmmm...yes, I think humidity, as well as, hot weather affects performance. Talk to any turbo enthusiasts and they'll tell you that their cars run like sh*t when it's muggy or very hot out. The cars tend to run "richer" because the air is "thinner", which might explain the decreased mpg. I guess it's a result of inefficient combustion due to less-dense air. I know this isn't a very scientific explanation, but I think it falls along that route. | |
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7060, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by HadesOmega, Jul-05-01 08:07 AM Thanx for the input nobody else seems to have ne nfo, I know a lot of floridians go to this board though and I KNOW its humid over there. | |
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7061, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by dsm1, Jul-05-01 11:18 AM Yea, i'm in florida. I can tell when i leacve to go to work about mid-day the car feels real sluggish, but when i go home around midnight, its still a lil humid but not as much,therefore I notice the car spools quicker and boosts harder than in the day. My local DSM club has recently moved the weekly T&T from saturday days to thurs. nights because of the heat. Hope that helps. Hot-humid weather sucks for turbos! | |
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7062, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by DeezGst, Jul-05-01 04:26 PM yes heat affects Turbo cars especially. Heat is your enemy with any car, but since turbo cars already generate an abudance of heat...hot days are BAD. My car runs like 2 different machines when it's cold and when it's hot. Also think of IC's. The marjority of people on this board and people I know run air to air intercoolers which means the air is getting cooled by the air flowing over it... which if it's hot isn't doing much good. When it's hot air is less dense and your car does tend to run richer and there's not as much air there to make the same amount of power as opposed to cold air....he already said that above...So anways...Heat is REALLY BAD, Especially with the t-to small on my car....but not for long...hehe Frank3 here I come. | |
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7063, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by HadesOmega, Jul-05-01 08:24 PM wow cool thanx a lot guyz, I guess it's normal how my car is acting right now. I think I should get a new radiator hose though, looks like that suckers gonna burst. :P | |
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7064, hey deez! Posted by klipzracer, Jul-06-01 12:01 AM you going to the shootout??? even though your rockin the 4g we'll let ya be priveledged enough to hang with us. ;) | |
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7065, RE: hey deez! Posted by DeezGst, Jul-06-01 03:23 AM Awww thank you. I wish I could, I have some friends going, but I have to work and go to class....so I can't make it unfortunatley...and let me tell ya there not letting me live it down. There taking a Camera and gonna video it for me though.... | |
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7066, RE: hey deez! Posted by HadesOmega, Jul-06-01 08:40 AM Cool try to vid capture some of it and share it with us too. :) | |
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7067, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by RS_Guy, Jul-07-01 08:01 AM You'll know that you're really "sick" when you start calling cooler days *intercooler weather*... | |
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7068, RE: Does Humidity make a difference... Posted by HadesOmega, Jul-07-01 06:40 PM Haha yeah, even with the CAI I would feel the air out at night and go "hmm good intake temperature" Hehe I guess it matters even more now ^_^ | |
