Can humidity make my car this slow.....?
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Can humidity make my car this slow.....?
My previous best was a 11.66 @120 with 1.80 60'. I went to the track yesterday and got 4 runs in. I couldn't even break into 11s and my trap speeds were 113-114. On my best run I got a new personal best 60' of 1.78 and went 12.0@113.39
It was about 82-85 degrees and 95-100% humidity. Can the weather conditions impact the car by that much? Or should I start trouble shooting, if so where....
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It was about 82-85 degrees and 95-100% humidity. Can the weather conditions impact the car by that much? Or should I start trouble shooting, if so where....
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Yes it can. Go back and calculate the DA on the day you ran the 11.66 and then compare to now. As a very general rule, you will lose .10 per 1000 feet of increase in DA.
Barometric pressue and temp are the largest HP robbers, then I would say humidity.
Once you have a general ET on your car, know your DA, then you can generally pre-calcualte what your car will run before you even go to the track. That way, you can go to the track and have a good idea if you will beat your last time.. Of course, this also means knowing your car, same race weight and no major changes to the car.
Barometric pressue and temp are the largest HP robbers, then I would say humidity.
Once you have a general ET on your car, know your DA, then you can generally pre-calcualte what your car will run before you even go to the track. That way, you can go to the track and have a good idea if you will beat your last time.. Of course, this also means knowing your car, same race weight and no major changes to the car.
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What conditions were your previous best run in? Have you checked your intercooler pump to make sure its working? If you are running in bad conditions I recommend icing down the blower before a pass. If your pump is wired to always run with the ignition on I would let it cycle a few times with the ice on the charger. If you have an ice reservoir even better.
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Yes it can.
Go to weatherunderground.com get the stats for yest at the time you ran and enter it here
http://www.modulardepot.com/?show=density
Go to weatherunderground.com get the stats for yest at the time you ran and enter it here
http://www.modulardepot.com/?show=density
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Forget the weather correction calculators, the ECU may pull the timing more aggressively. The DA correction calculators can not take that into account.
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Bottom line,, If you run in a worse DA than your best ET,,, then you will be highly prone to have a worse ET. Unless you add more HP!
Why does the ECU pull timing aggressivley?? Simple ,, he ran in Frickin horrid heat!! That is all part of a high DA, heat and engine management adjusting to heat..
If you do not watch the DA, then you will never have a baseline on your runs or cars power. You end up just guessing, wasting gas and tires. Then feeling bad/confussed about how your car ran..
Forget the weather correction calculators, the ECU may pull the timing more aggressively. The DA correction calculators can not take that into account.
If you do not watch the DA, then you will never have a baseline on your runs or cars power. You end up just guessing, wasting gas and tires. Then feeling bad/confussed about how your car ran..
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Bottom line,, If you run in a worse DA than your best ET,,, then you will be highly prone to have a worse ET. Unless you add more HP!
Why does the ECU pull timing aggressivley?? Simple ,, he ran in Frickin horrid heat!! That is all part of a high DA, heat and engine management adjusting to heat..
If you do not watch the DA, then you will never have a baseline on your runs or cars power. You end up just guessing, wasting gas and tires. Then feeling bad/confussed about how your car ran..
Why does the ECU pull timing aggressivley?? Simple ,, he ran in Frickin horrid heat!! That is all part of a high DA, heat and engine management adjusting to heat..
If you do not watch the DA, then you will never have a baseline on your runs or cars power. You end up just guessing, wasting gas and tires. Then feeling bad/confussed about how your car ran..
Tom
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What conditions were your previous best run in? Have you checked your intercooler pump to make sure its working? If you are running in bad conditions I recommend icing down the blower before a pass. If your pump is wired to always run with the ignition on I would let it cycle a few times with the ice on the charger. If you have an ice reservoir even better.
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your better off waiting till November to run. Wait till its mid 30's out and the DA is around -2000 at atco, then run..you will shatter your record and wont be dissappointed at all.
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agree with rest of posts. Summer time is bad for turbo/supercharger cars. On my previous car I was doing 0.5 second slower in 1/4 times during summer
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+1 I'm definitely waiting for cooler temps and better DA's. I'm aiming for a new PB and I know it's not gonna happen in this heat...
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Prodigy, I just recently witnessed how DA affect our cars...it was ugly. On average it seems I lost a little more than a tenth and little over 2 mph per 1000 feet. The differenc in DA between my PB and Fontan was around 3000 feet. It was great to experience how DA affect our cars but I'm pretty sure I won't be doing that again. 105 degrees kills the brain after long periods of time .
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What conditions were your previous best run in? Have you checked your intercooler pump to make sure its working? If you are running in bad conditions I recommend icing down the blower before a pass. If your pump is wired to always run with the ignition on I would let it cycle a few times with the ice on the charger. If you have an ice reservoir even better.
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I use to run my IC pump when my car was off to keep things at a less then stupid hot temp. That back fired when Chiromikey had to jump start me in the staging lanes. wont be doing that again.
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First reaction was to this comment, then I remembered that you have an IC pump that could drain someone's pool for them - guess that sucker draws some current, eh?
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I think it only helps to make a wet mess. It doesn't take long once you start your car for everything to get hot. People do it though, from blown Mustangs to Mercedes. Maybe it does work anything for a 10th i guess.
I use to run my IC pump when my car was off to keep things at a less then stupid hot temp. That back fired when Chiromikey had to jump start me in the staging lanes. wont be doing that again.
I use to run my IC pump when my car was off to keep things at a less then stupid hot temp. That back fired when Chiromikey had to jump start me in the staging lanes. wont be doing that again.
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I think it only helps to make a wet mess. It doesn't take long once you start your car for everything to get hot. People do it though, from blown Mustangs to Mercedes. Maybe it does work anything for a 10th i guess.
I use to run my IC pump when my car was off to keep things at a less then stupid hot temp. That back fired when Chiromikey had to jump start me in the staging lanes. wont be doing that again.
I use to run my IC pump when my car was off to keep things at a less then stupid hot temp. That back fired when Chiromikey had to jump start me in the staging lanes. wont be doing that again.
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It does help. Let it sit for a bit til the charger is cool and cycle the fluid using the intercooler pump. I put the ice bags in another bag to prevent a wet mess. I dont have an ice reservoir installed so this is as close as I get. Its been proven that the ice resrvoir works. Think about it, cooler IATs and less heat soak. I can hot lap the car and not lose mph but if I let it sit in the lanes it quickly gets heat soaked.