For people intrested. As I've said many times I live in Arizona where it gets pretty warm. I'n the winter I can hit maybed 135mph and cruise at 128 easy. In summer I can hit 125 if I'm lucky and cruise at 115, if I'm lucky. Shows how much heat effects power.
For people intrested. As I've said many times I live in Arizona where it gets pretty warm. I'n the winter I can hit maybed 135mph and cruise at 128 easy. In summer I can hit 125 if I'm lucky and cruise at 115, if I'm lucky. Shows how much heat effects power.
I totally agree with this statement, most mornings you can tell a difference in performance here in Charleston just by the time of day around 90-100 by noon 80 deg nights 70 degree mornings in july August it will be worst 95-110 days 90 nights 85 mornings
I totally agree with this statement, most mornings you can tell a difference in performance here in Charleston just by the time of day around 90-100 by noon 80 deg nights 70 degree mornings in july August it will be worst 95-110 days 90 nights 85 mornings
Try up here in Columbia where we don't have the ocean breeze, or any breeze realy. 92 at 12:00 pm and the humidity is so bad the heat index just went over 105. Next week is supposed to make this week feel cold. They are calling for the lows at night to be in the 80s.
590 mph. but I don't think you were including air travel. 185 in a vette and 135 in my Forenza.
And heat TOTALLY kills power. I notice the Reno is way way faster within minutes of a cold start than it is after driving in the heat for an hour.
I've been trying to find the site I once saw that formulates heat vs HP. Was something like every ten degrees the temp of the air in the intake goes up, you lose like 5 hp. (I'm probably wrong here)
But that would mean that say at 50 degrees you had 130hp, at 80, you're down to 115 and at 110 (for Danny) you're down to 100. Maybe not so far off after all?
And heat TOTALLY kills power. I notice the Reno is way way faster within minutes of a cold start than it is after driving in the heat for an hour.
I've been trying to find the site I once saw that formulates heat vs HP. Was something like every ten degrees the temp of the air in the intake goes up, you lose like 5 hp. (I'm probably wrong here)
But that would mean that say at 50 degrees you had 130hp, at 80, you're down to 115 and at 110 (for Danny) you're down to 100. Maybe not so far off after all?
If you find that site post a link, would be good to have that info for dyno events
hahah, me too, 110 in my 06 reno holding the wheel with one hand with a smooth ride on the 60mph road interstate. I cold have brought it up faster, but I figure I didn't want to get into to much trouble.
Last edited by Melissa22 : 07-13-2006 at 12:55 AM.
This site has a calculator that's quite interesting. You need Air Temp (dunno if they're looking for Ambient, or Intake temp), Air Pressure, and Relative Humidity.
In case anyone is wondering, average air pressure during good weather is around 30 inches. You can go to Weather.com and get all three stats for your location at any time.
Interesting to note. At 120 deg (figure it's 90 outside, and 120 in the car without the AC on, so it's at least that in the intake) with 29.99 HG air pressure and 61% humidity, it's showing Relative HP at around 90%
That means if I'm right about the intake air temp (has to be close at least) then if I go out and drive right this second, I'm losing 10% of my base HP. Not to mention that since it IS 120 inside the car (I have a thermometer to prove it...lol) I'll need to use the AC further sapping my HP.
I can't wait for the winter now....haha When I put in 50 deg with 30 HG and 40% humidity I get 105% base! Figure that 50 deg won't reach the TB though, so enter it more like 70 (?) and I get 102% base hp.
Imagine those guys up in AK are running 10-20% more power than us on average.....
some one has to much time on there hands lmao j/k.....! good to know
some one has to much time on there hands lmao j/k.....! good to know 
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