Super-cool air = more boost?
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Super-cool air = more boost?
We're in the middle of a deepfreeze here, and tonight it got down to -36C. At WOT, at the top of the gears I was making ~11.7lbs of boost and almost 270hp according to the Aeroforce gauge. The car moved like stink too. All I could see in the rearview was twin-stacks of exhaust smoke screen.
Am I really supposed to get that much more power with air that cold?
Am I really supposed to get that much more power with air that cold?
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Re: Super-cool air = more boost?
Originally Posted by captainmiller
We're in the middle of a deepfreeze here, and tonight it got down to -36C. At WOT, at the top of the gears I was making ~11.7lbs of boost and almost 270hp according to the Aeroforce gauge. The car moved like stink too. All I could see in the rearview was twin-stacks of exhaust smoke screen.
Am I really supposed to get that much more power with air that cold?
Am I really supposed to get that much more power with air that cold?
My bonnie tends to run better when it'* cool out, but then again, most cars do...
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Re: Super-cool air = more boost?
Originally Posted by captainmiller
Am I really supposed to get that much more power with air that cold?
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Yes colder air will definitely make more power.
The same rule applies as will cold air induction.
1% more power for every 10F drop in temp......so -40 to +80 is 12% more power i.e. if you have 240 hp you will gain almost 30 hp
The same rule applies as will cold air induction.
1% more power for every 10F drop in temp......so -40 to +80 is 12% more power i.e. if you have 240 hp you will gain almost 30 hp
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