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stu21t 28-09-2009 09:47 AM

Any1 else go for a drive last night and find there car feel faster?
 
I went out in the 5 last night and was plesantly surprised.
It felt a lot quicker than normal, I can only assume it was the cold air.
I was back down to 1.5ish bar but it felt proper quick.
Any1 else notice this?
I would have thought it helps in my car more than most due to where the engine is but damn it was fun.

Farmer Giles 28-09-2009 10:27 AM

My old ST220 was always much crisper / more responsive on the cold frosty mornings..

I imagine it's much more noticable on a forced induction engine as the charge temps are so much lower and poeple spend thousands on intercoolers, charge coolers etc to try and get the same effect..

Psycho Warren 28-09-2009 10:32 AM

its simple temperature drop.

matt p 28-09-2009 10:35 AM

Simple science really dude....think about the ambient temp and time of year ;)

Best time of year for people with turbo charged cars!!

stu21t 28-09-2009 10:57 AM

I know it's just I've never noticed it as much as I did last night. Was quite a noticeable improvement.

matt p 28-09-2009 11:53 AM


Originally Posted by stu21t (Post 4422499)
I know it's just I've never noticed it as much as I did last night. Was quite a noticeable improvement.

Lovely job :)

I bet it must of been a right laugh in the 5!

Always found that you could hear induction noise a lot more to.

stu21t 28-09-2009 12:07 PM

It was.
At 1 point I pulled up next to a fake escos at a set of lights, so thought it was rude not to turn the antilag on and light it up as I pulled away and took off sideways spittin flames at him lol.

COCHYN 28-09-2009 12:09 PM

You should try driving around Snowdonia in North Wales at this time of year.....well, anytime of year really since its always cold! A turbo car's dream! :lol:

cossie4i+ 28-09-2009 02:47 PM

Didn't notice anything better about the Mondeo's power coming home from work last night :cry:

Steve

TomStarkey 18-01-2010 09:56 PM

When it was proper cold last week my st170 wasn't working hard enough at 70mph to keep the temperature up. The engine temp was about 1/3 (so i guess thats 60 degrees) and if i turned the blowers up it dropped even more, mental!


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